Publication Policy

Researchers who wish to quote from or use images from RBML collections in publications, films, web sites or exhibitions should contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library in writing. The bibliographic information for the material to be used must be included in the request. 

For the Columbia University Libraries Publication and Digital Reproduction Policy and Procedures, including a schedule of fees, please see: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/preservation/publicationsPolicy.html

Copyright

In accordance with the copyright law of the United States (see below), photographic and digital reproductions are available to our researchers for personal and scholarly use. If copies are to be used for any purpose other than the private study, scholarship, or research it is ultimately the responsibility of the user to secure permission from the appropriate copyright holder. For your information, the RBML maintains a list of contact information of copyright holders for its major collections.

For additional information on copyright and fair use issues please visit the web site of the CUL Copyright Advisory Office. You may also want to consult WATCH a database containing the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom. WATCH is a joint project of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Reading Library, Reading, England.

Official Copyright Statement

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, UNITED STATES CODE) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright materials.

Under certain conditions qualified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or other reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that use may be liable for copyright infringement.  This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a reproduction order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve a violation of copyright law.