I am in the process of developing Transfer of Gift and
          Contract forms to be used in securing photographs for our
          Image Collections in the Library of the
          California Academy of Sciences.  The intended use for
          images in the Collection is mainly non-profit educational
          and research, however, we also receive and fill requests for
          for-profit reproduction of our photographs.

          We are presently soliciting photographs for a specific
          project; Manzanita Project, A digital image-base of
          California plants and animals that will be linked to
          scientific information about each species and will be
          accessible on the World Wide Web.  We would like to obtain
          unlimited educational/nonprofit use of photographs that we
          acquire for non-profit ventures such as the Manzanita
          Project, but allow photographers a percentage of revenue
          generated from for-profit reproduction of their work.  We
          would like to develop a standard contract with a few
          variations for different scenarios.


          Does anyone from similar institutions have good examples of
          contracts with photographers or transfer of gift forms that
          you could pass on to me?

          Any other comments or advice on this issue would be
          appreciated.

          Thanks,

          Beth Ryan
          Image Management Librarian
          California Academy of Sciences
          Golden Gate Park
          San Francisco, CA   94118
          ph: 415/750-7361