Reading Room Procedures
To ensure the safety of the Library and Research Center collections, we have the following policies:
- Fill out and sign a registration card on your first visit, and present photo identification.
- Check all bags (including briefcases, purses, and computer cases) in the free lockers in the lobby.
- Sign the guest book each day you visit the library.
- Handle all items with care; some are irreplaceable.
- Use pencils only for note taking. Pens and markers are not to be used in the Reading Room.
- No eating or drinking in the Reading Room.
- Staff will make all photocopies, and may judge an item too fragile for copying.
- Personal cameras may not be used to photograph collections.
- Photocopies are for private research only.
- By signing the registration card, you assume responsibility for conforming to U.S. copyright law.
- Requests for materials and photocopies should be turned in by 4:30 p.m.
- Permission must be obtained in writing from the director of the Library and Archives before any item from the collections can be published. More information about Permission to Publish