Charging for research has brought up an issue we are having at our local 
history museum.  We charge an hourly fee to perform research for people who 
cannot come to our museum and library to do it themselves.  This was devised 
mainly for scholars, individuals doing genealogy work, etc.  We have 
recently been approached by groups who want to use our materials for 
commercial reasons including productions for television and even decorations 
for national chain restaurants.  So far with the television folks, we have 
drawn up legal documents to denote how and when they can use our images and 
information in their productions.

Should there be a different charge for this research, for the commercial use 
of these items, and are there other concerns about this use we should be 
thinking about?  I would be interested in finding out if other sites have 
these issues and how they are dealing with them.


Jennifer Pena
Wilkes Heritage Museum

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