Rights and Reproductions
Policies and Ordering Instructions
To assist scholars in their research, the library offers limited photoduplication services: digital images, microfilm, and copyflow for material not already available for download in Digital Collections.
Readers must identify and select all material for duplication. Please be aware that the Library can fill orders only as the demands of serving our patrons permit, and that some materials may be too fragile to be subjected to any duplication process.
Typically, an order will take about four to six weeks to process from the time the order is confirmed via email.
For details about requesting digitization and order limits, please see the page Request Digitization on Yale’s Using Special Collections site.
Permission to Publish.
Provision of a photoduplicate is not an authorization to publish. The library cannot grant or deny permission to publish texts or images unless Yale University is identified as the copyright holder. If the text or image in question is under copyright, permission to publish should be sought from the owners of the rights, typically the creator or the heirs to his or her estate. The Lewis Walpole library should, however, be cited as the source with the following credit line: “Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.”
Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.”
The library reserves the right to refuse to accept an order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Contact Information
To place an order, or for further information, please contact:
Kristen McDonald, Library Service Assistant for Public Services, at kristen.mcdonald@yale.edu
or 860-677-2140