Order Photocopies/Images

• Photocopying and photography
• Placing orders
• Delivery time
• Publication of copies
• Price guide
• University of Glasgow theses
• Additional charges

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Photocopying and photography

Material held in Special Collections may only be photocopied or photographed by Library staff. Use of personal digital cameras and other devices is not permitted. Because of its physical condition, the copying of some material may not be possible. Note that it is usually possible only to photocopy small sections from bound volumes in order to avoid damaging bindings. The duty supervisor will be able to advise you if copying is possible.

Placing Orders

All requests for photocopying and/or photography must be lodged with the Duty Supervisor not less than 30 minutes before closing. This ensures that there is sufficient time to check that the forms have been completed correctly.

We can accept orders for photocopying and photography by post but the forms must be printed out and sent to us as we require signatures before can process orders:

• Photocopy Order Form
  
• Photographic Request Form

Delivery time

Every effort is made to deal with orders as quickly as possible, but the time taken will vary according to the volume of work in hand at the time of placing your order. Readers should expect to wait at least five working days for photocopy orders. Orders may be posted out. Copies not collected within 2 months will be posted out and invoiced accordingly. 

All photographic orders are sent to the Library's Photographic Unit.

**Please note that due to staffing shortages in the Photographic Unit, orders for scans to CD may now take at least 6 weeks to process. Urgent orders will not be possible. We apologise for this inconvenience**

Publication of copies

Copies are supplied on the understanding that they are to be used only for the purpose of private study and research. If you wish to publish material supplied by Special Collections, please refer to our help on obtaining permission to publish.

Price Guide:

Digital scans to CD

• Tiff format up to 10 Mb £12.00 minimum charge (for CD and one image) + £4.00 for each additional image.
• Larger files: Price on request

Prints: colour

• 7" x 5" - £7.00
• 10" x 8" - £10.00
• 20" x 16" - £15.00

Prints: black and white

• 7" x 5" - £5.00
• 10" x 8" - £7.00
• 20" x 16" - £12.00

Photocopies

• A4 photocopies: 40p per page.
• A3 photocopies: 40p per page.

Paper prints from existing microfilm

• A4 - 40p per page
• A3 - 50p per page

University of Glasgow Theses

Digitised copies:

You can now order most theses to be digitised and then downloaded via the British Library Ethos service. This service takes about ten days and is normally free, (there is also an option to request copies/files on CD for a charge). Note: you need to register and login to order theses in this way.

Additional charges

In addition to the prices listed, extra charges are normally added to cover VAT (where appropriate), and the costs of postage and packing. If an order is being sent out rather than being collected, please do not send payment in advance; we will include an invoice for payment with the order.

Please note that the minimum charge for raising invoices for sending orders overseas is £5.

Further information is available from:
Special Collections Department
University of Glasgow Library
Hillhead Street
Glasgow G12 8QE

Phone: 0141-330 6767
Fax: 0141-330 3793
e-mail: Niki.Russell@glasgow.ac.uk