Copyright Guidelines

Thank you for your interest in publishing items from the J. Willard Marriott LIbrary Special Collections. We encourage reuse of the rare and unique materials housed within the division. 

If you are interested in publishing materials from Special Collections, we ask that you sign a Use Agreement. Please note (as indicated in Section 2A of the Use Agreement) that "It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain permission from the owner of the copyright (the institution, creator, author, or his/her transferees, heirs, legatees, or literary executors)." The use fee that Special Collections charges is waived for University of Utah community members and nonprofit or educational institutions. The use fee is assessed in order to support Special Collections in maintaining and preserving collections in both physical and digital formats; it is not a permission to publish fee. 

It is rare for the library to be the rightsholder of the primary source materials that we steward. Special Collections does not license or provide permissions to publish any of the items in the collection. We do not provide legal advice regardering the reuse of our materials, nor can we sign any other institution's forms regarding use or copyright. If you would like legan advice, please consult with the legal counsel associated with your organzation or publisher.