Request reproductions – Durham County Library

To request materials or for help with a research question, please stop by our reading room during our open hours, or contact us at ncc@dconc.gov or at 919-560-0171.

Request instructions

Copies and scans from the image and manuscript collections: complete the form below.
Copies and scans of microfilmed items, books, and other printed materials: Contact us with your request. For an article from local newspapers, provide an exact date for the event (death, wedding, baseball game, etc.). If you don’t know the date, we can search for events for you for the years 1913-1922 (online-public domain), 1970-1989 (printed indexes), and 1995-present (online). Be sure to note whether you prefer copies or emailed JPG or PDF copies. Requests are subject to staff approval and depend on the scope of the request and available staff time.

Submit a request

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About your request

Intended use*

Fully describe the intended use of the materials. If for publication, list author, title, publisher, and date.

List of materials*

Please list the items requested. For images, list the title and number of the image(s) from the website.

Preferred format*

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Dots Per Inch (DPI or resolution) for scans

Date needed*

Please allow a minimum of one week from the time the NC Collection receives your request for it to be filled, longer if you are requesting a number of items.

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Conditions for use

The applicant agrees:

to use the materials only for the purpose stated on the form. Later or different use constitutes reuse and is prohibited.
to give proper credit. The credit line should read Item title and identifier (if applicable), Folder and Box information. Collection title (NCC.XXXX), North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library, NC. Please consult staff for assistance with citations as needed.
Placement of the credit should be as follows:
1. printed material—preferably the credit line should appear on the same page as the printed copy and immediately adjacent to it.
2. films, filmstrips, video, or electronic media—the credit line should appear where other sources are listed.
3. public exhibits—the credit should appear within the exhibit area.
4. on the Web—the credit should appear on the same screen as the printed copy and immediately adjacent to it.
to assume all responsibility for questions of copyright and invasion of privacy that may arise in copying and using the materials and to assume responsibility for obtaining all necessary permissions pertaining to use. The applicant understands that in most cases the copyright owner is NOT the Durham County Library.
to defend and indemnify and save and hold harmless Durham County Government and the Durham County Library, from any and all costs, expense, damage and liability arising because of any claim whatsoever that may be presented by anyone for loss or damage or other relief occasioned or caused by the release of materials to the undersigned applicant and their use in any manner, including inspection, publication, reproduction, duplication, or printing by anyone for any purpose whatsoever.
to supply the North Carolina Collection with one complimentary copy of any printed or published work in which one or more items obtained from the collection appear.
not to permit others to reproduce the materials.
not to place the materials in another public or private collection, repository, or institution.
that the North Carolina Collection in no way surrenders its own right to publish or otherwise use the materials or to grant permission for others to do so.