Middle East Centre ArchiveCopying of ArchivesDue to changes in UK Copyright law that came into force in 2003 copies of papers (not including photographs or maps) can only be made for private study and non-commercial research. Researchers are required to sign a declaration form to this effect before copies can be made. If the research is commercial it is the responsibility of the researcher to gain written permission from the copyright owner before copies can be made. The Archive will help facilitate this by forwarding letters requesting permission if the Archive knows the address of the copyright owner.For Crown Copyright material, it is also possible for copying to be carried out under the terms of the Open Government License In addition to the restrictions of UK Copyright law some collections may only be copied with the prior permission of the donor or donor's family. Digital Cameras (Self service copying) The use of digital cameras is permitted in the Archive. However copies can only be made for private study and non-commercial research and sound and flash should be disabled before use. For further information please see our leaflet Using a digital camera in the MEC Archive (pdf file) Photocopying Service To order photocopies researchers must visit the Archive to ascertain which papers are relevant to their research or employ someone on their behalf to do so. The Archive cannot carry out such research work. We do not support remote access to the Archive via copying of documents. For further details please see our policy on Remote Access to the Archive. Photocopies cost 20p per page (A4 and smaller) or 25p per page (A3). Please note that the above prices do not include VAT. Photocopying orders are carried out by the Archivist. They will not necessarily be done immediately but may be collected or posted. The Middle East Centre Archive has a small but growing number of paper collections that have been digitised. These currently include the Sir Henry Gurney Collection, the H.M. Wilson Collection and the Helen Lotbiniere Collection, as well as transcripts to oral history interviews and we also have some born digital material. The Archive does not yet have an A3 scanner, so work on digitising paper collections is small and makes use of digital photography rather than scanning. The Archive can only supply digital copies under the same conditions that apply for self service digital photography and photocopying. Namely the copies have to be for private study and non commercial research and the standard copyright form needs to be filled in. Digital copies cost 10p per digital file (typically one digital file is one page of text) plus the cost of a DVD (40p) and postage. Transcripts to oral history interviews take considerably longer to create than digitising text through digital photography or scanning. The cost per page of transcript is thus 30p per page. This represents a twelfth of the cost to the Archive of creating transcripts and money raised from transcripts will be set aside to fund transcribing work for interviews that have yet to be transcribed. Sound files cost £5.00 per interview. Please note that the above prices do not include VAT. Please contact the Archivist at debbie.usher@sant.ox.ac.uk for further details as to what papers are available in digital format. Back to MEC Archive Home Page |
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