Please reply to this on the listserv - I am interested as well.

As of now, we have no formal "policy", though we do decline permissions for
uses which we feel violates the integrity of the original work of art or
artist. This is true for images in the public domain as well as copyrighted
images or works in our collection.

Thanks,
Sarena Deglin, CA
Archivist/Assistant Librarian
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE


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Subject: Image Reproduction Policies--restrictions?


Dear Listers,

I have been asked to investigate whether any other museums or like-minded
institutions have image reproduction policies that require institutional
control (or at least a sign-off) over the *content* of the publication in
which the image is being reproduced.  Do any of you have policies that
specifically address this issue (whether you require approval or don't)?  If
you are willing to share them, please contact me at my work e-mail address:
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For those of you without policies, do you think that it reflects poorly on
an organization to have its name appear as a source of images in a
publication that might have inaccuracies or insensitive information?  My
feeling is that authors and publishers should be (and in the academic
community, generally are) held accountable for the content of their books,
not the institutions whose images are used in them, but I would be
interested to hear different opinions.  Also, do you think it is worth the
staff time that it would take to handle this type of requirement?

Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

Thanks,
Catherine Dean
Curator of Collections
APVA Preservation Virginia
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