Research Services

Medical Center Archives provides in-depth research services for both on-site and off-site patrons. Requests may be made via email, telephone, fax, or postal mail. Staff will provide up to 30 minutes of research for any patrons at no charge. There is a charge per hour for in-depth reference research p erformed by staff. Patrons will be informed of the cost, if any, before research is conducted. There is no charge for researchers to use materials on-si te.

Our fee schedule includes costs for in-depth reference research, rush requests, reproductions of papers/records, photographs and audiovisual material s.

View In-depth Research Fees Research Fee schedules:

• Duke University, Medical Center, and Health System users
• Not for Profit users and general public (including area university graduate students)
• Commercial users
• Non-Duke (area university faculty and local providers)

On-site Photocopying:

• One black and white self-service photocopier is available in the Reading Room for copying non-fragile materials. It can make 8 1/2 x 11 or 11 x 17 inch copies. The copies cost ten cents per page for self-service copies and fifteen cents per page for copies made by staff.
• Copies of unpublished materials or photographs are for personal research use only, and will receive a Medical Center Archives stamp. They may not be forwarded to another party, reproduced, or deposited in another repository.
• There are restrictions on copying official records, fragile materials, and personal papers restricted by a donor. For non-fragile items, photocopy ing is allowed with permission of a staff member.

Medical Center Archives can scan photographs, negative, and positive film in-house. Photographic prints and slides usually require 48-hour notice for processing. Every effort will be made to provide good quality copies in the format desired. If the condition of the original is too poor to permit good reproduction while safely preserving the original, we will discuss alternatives with you. In some cases, high-quality reproductions can be supplied onl y with advance written permission of archives.

If you have a special creative services need (including reproducing oversize items or audiovisual materials), we can work with a Duke media facility to have items reproduced for you. Prices vary depending on the media facility. Please contact Medical Center Archives staff for current prices.

View Photograph Scanning and Printing Fee schedules for services at Medical Center Archives:

• Consolidated price list for copying services, 2004-2005

• The patron assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel and literary property rights that may be involved in the use of any doc ument preserved in Medical Center Archives.
• Permission to examine or to photocopy materials does not constitute permission to publish
• Permission to publish must be secured prior to publication.
• A fee may be charged for commercial use of records.