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Guide to the Special Collections
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Duplication Services
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Sibley Music Library
The department honors duplication requests wherever possible, depending on the following condition:
The department reserves the right to decline to photocopy on any of the above grounds.
Fees for duplication services are as follow:
Photocopies are $ 0.15 per page. All orders initiated by telephone, mail, or email are $.25 per page. The shipping and handling fee is $ 5.00 for orders that are mailed and billed, rather than picked up in the Department.
Color photocopying must be outsourced. The cost for color photocopies will be the going rate charged by the nearest commercial vendor (as of 01/16/2006, that charge is $1.50/page at Minuteman Press in downtown Rochester), together with a $ 5.00 service charge.
Photocopies made on 11”x17” inch paper are $ 0.25 per page for all patrons.
A $10.00 service fee will be charged on any order totalling more than 50 pages.
Photographic services must be outsourced. The department’s preferred provider is Museum Photographics (Rochester, New York). The cost of any individual job will be the invoice total charged by Museum Photographics, together with a departmental service fee of $25.00.
Where appropriate, items may be scanned and provided in digital formats. The total charge will consist of the following:
- service fee for scanning session: $15.00
- per-image charge: $ 5.00
- cost of storage medium (i.e. CD-ROM, Zip disk): $ 10.00, if applicable*
*A charge of $ 5.00 will apply for shipping and handling of any digital storage medium, if applicable.
Provided that all necessary permissions are obtained, no use fee pertains to use of images in publishing (whether provided photographically or digitally)