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Re: Reprints of Photographs



Gwendolyn,

        By the time you made the 3x5 print and he took it somewhere to do the
blow-up, wouldn't it be just as fast to take it to your professional photo
lab?  Also, what are you using to make the print for him?  I would never
send a historic print or negative to any place other than a professional
photo lab.  As to your specific question, yes, I do put a stamp on the back
of all photos I supply to patrons.  In fact, I put on two. (I use adhesive
labels that I print on the computer.)  One identifies the preferred credit
line ("by permission of IIT Archives...") and cautions against further
reproduction.  The second label identifies the source of the image in the
collection, which information I have to write on each label as I put it on
the photo.  Yes, it is a little time consuming, but when someone comes back
later wanting another copy of the same image, you don't have to start the
search from scratch.

Catherine

Catherine Bruck
University Archivist
Illinois Institute of Technology
Paul V. Galvin Library
35 W. 33rd St.
Chicago, IL  60616
312/567-6840
312/567-5318 (FAX)
bruck@iit.edu

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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:42 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Reprints of Photographs


When reprinting photographs for patrons, do you put a stamp or sticker
identifying the repository or some sort of restriction to prevent further
reprints being made by the patron? I received a call today. The man wanted
an 11 X 17 color reprint. We have all of our photographs printed by a
professional photo lab and sometimes there is a long turn around time. I
told him I might not be able to get the photo within the time frame the he
needed. I told him I might be able to have it printed at Wal-Mart but they
probably wouldn't  be able to print the 11 & 17 size. He suggested that I
send him a 3 X 5 print and he would get them blown up. I told him he could
not do that because he doesn't have the right to reproduce our images.

Long story short, how do other archives handle this issue?

Thanks in advance. Please reply to me at ggreen@beauvoir.org.

Gwendolyn Green
Librarian/Archivist

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