I have spent the last ten years working in many of
the County Record Offices, most of whom have allowed digital photography but
with a variety of rules, regulations etc. I have found that the charge has
varied between £5 and £20 a day. Occasionally a charge was made per image
but I think it was soon realised that that was unrealistic. Many is the time I
have taken say 200 images and just been charged the daily rate. I think
it is reasonable to make a charge, after all, one would otherwise be paying
for photocopies etc.
I have found that one always has to sign one's life
away as far as copyright and so forth is concerned and I do not see that this
should be a problem for the individual. The best record office from the point of
view of offering digital photography is, of course, The National Archives,
which introduced this free facility about 8 years ago under the excellent
auspices of its then redoubtable Keeper, Sarah Tyacke. If only the British
Library and others would follow suit life would be complete. In my view, the
ability to take one's own digital photography of maps and documents in libraries
and other collections is one of the greatest contributions to the advancement of
scholarship in the last decade.
Yo Hodson
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 4:15
PM
Subject: Re: Digital Camera Trial,
Cambridge University Library Map Room
An alternative way of charging
is to be introduced in Birmingham Central Library from April. This is to
charge for a day permit, without restriction on the number of images. Details
have not quite been finalised, but we're provisionally setting the charge as
£2.00 per day. Anyone using a digital camera already has to sign a copyright
etc. declaration and keep a log of items photographed; each item must be
approved by a member of library staff before being photographed.
Richard Abbott
Archives and Heritage
Central Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3
3HQ
tel
0121 303 4549
fax
0121 464 1176
e-mail
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Anne,
Interesting that you are
not charging we have been allowing this for
some time, but we do charge
people.
We have recently updated our
guidelines for use of reader's cameras and
the new ones can be found by
following the link towards the bottom of
the following webpage:
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=readers
Huw
Anne Taylor wrote:
>
Dear all
>
> (Apologies for cross posting)
>
> I am
pleased to announce that three readings rooms - including the Map
> Room
- in Cambridge University Library are allowing readers, on a trial
>
basis, to use their own cameras to take photographs of items consulted
>
in those reading rooms.
>
> The normal restrictions apply - no
flash, no noise, no tripods - and we
> hope that the trial will be a
success, but there is no guarantee that it
> will become
permanent!
>
> The readings rooms taking part in the trial are:
Rare Books,
> Manuscripts, Maps.
>
> The trial is for the
Lent Term (until Friday 18 March 2011).
>
> There is no charge but
you need to fill in our new form and the pictures
> cannot be used for
publication.
>
> Anne
>
--
Huw Thomas, FRGS, FBCartS
Pennaeth Uned Defnyddiau
Di-destun Head of Non-Text Materials Unit
a
Llyfrgellydd Mapiau
and Map Librarian
Llyfrgell
Genedlaethol Cymru
National Library of Wales
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Ffôn / Phone 01970
632990
Un o lyfrgelloedd mawr y byd
One of the great libraries of the
world
http://www.llgc.org.uk/
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