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- All purses,
coats, briefcases, backpacks, books, papers and other personal
belongings are to be deposited in lockers. Only pencils may
be taken into the Reading Room. Paper will be provided. The
department reserves the right to inspect all research materials
and personal articles before a patron leaves the Reading Room.
- Personal
computers, typewriters, and tape recorders may be used in the
Reading Room provided that such use does not disturb other researchers.
Permission must be obtained from the desk attendant.
- Use only
pencil when using rare books, maps, manuscripts, or other materials.
Under no circumstances may pens be used in the Reading Room.
- Only one
volume or manuscript box per researcher allowed on the table at
one time.
- All materials
must be consulted in the research area only and may not
be taken from the Reading Room.
- The researcher
must accept the responsibility of handling carefully all materials
made available. Manuscripts and books may not be leaned on, written
on, folded, traced over, or handled in any way that may damage
them. For certain materials it may be necessary to wear gloves
to be supplied by the library.
- Manuscripts
and archival materials are to be maintained in the order in which
they are received by the researcher. If any material is discovered
to be out of order, please notify the staff member on duty.
Do not rearrange papers.
- If it is
necessary to leave the Reading Room temporarily, arrange with
the attendant on duty either to reserve the materials for your
return or leave the materials on your table. Replace all materials
having containers into their proper place, close all containers
and volumes, and notify the attendant immediately upon your return
to resume use of the materials.
- Return
all materials to the staff member on duty before leaving the room
for the day or for an extended period, and request the reservation
of material to be used again in the immediate future.
- Submit
for inspection any papers, books, typewriter cases, or other personal
property before removing it from the Reading Room.
- The Hargrett
Library will consider requests for limited reproduction
of material when such duplication can be done without injury to
the material and when duplication does not violate donor agreements
or copyright law. Photocopies are processed Monday through Friday
and may be picked up in Copy Services. Please allow 24 hours for
staff to process your order.
- Anyone
wishing to publish or
quote from our collections must secure written permission
from the Director of the Hargrett Library. The researcher is solely
responsible for acquiring permission from the holder of copyright.
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