>On Sat, 16 Mar 1996 20:10:22 -0500 Miriam B Albahari wrote: >>Please respond to this one on list, or at least send your comments to me >>also. The issue of fees for services is always a hot one at my museum. >> >>_________________________________________ >> >>Miriam Albahari >>Registrar, Jewish Historical Society of MD >>[log in to unmask] >> >>"Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them." >> -Chaim Weizmann >> >>On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, McLean County Historical Society wrote: >> >>> We are evaluating our fee schedule and would like to know what other >>> museums and research libraries charge for the following: >>> 1. Charges for general research >>> 2. Loan of material for display non profit or profit >>> 3. use of photos and material for publication or commercial use >>> >>> Thank you >>> Amy Vandegrift >>> McLean County Historical Society 309-827-0428 >>> 200 N. Main St. >>> Bloonington, Il 61701 >>> [log in to unmask] 1. Research fees vary from $20 - 50 per hour, depending upon seriousness or difficulty of the endeavor, and if it involves writing. e.g. to search for a particular image or obscure photograph, $20. To submit written text on scholarly research results for an exhibition catalogue or the like, $50. 2. Loan fees include actual expenses for materials and services, plus staff time and work (again, one can base this on anything locally acceptable, $20/hour, $30/hour, etc.). For example, our Prints & Drawings Dept. charges $25 per item; this includes matting, paperwork, condition reporting, etc. Special framing is of course more. Preparing many objects for a major loan shipment can run up to $10,000 or even $20,000, including everything (crating, conservation treatment, photography, etc.) There is no difference if the borrowing institution is a "non-profit" or not. Your time and expenses are identical in either case. You may choose to make reciprocal agreements with institutions with which you frequently exchange material, however. 3. This is a very broad question, and the answer is: it depends. Reproduction rights are determined by a number of factors (size of reproduction, print run, world rights or N. American rights, etc.) We have a three-page price list. Check with the Walters (Balto.) or the Art Institute (Chicago), and/or any local commercial stock photo agency (The Image Bank, etc.) There are only a few minor reasons why a museum shouldn't charge full market prices for photo licensing: our images aren't worth less! ------------------------------------- Name: amalyah keshet visual resources / the israel museum, jerusalem E-mail: [log in to unmask] Date: 03/31/96 Time: 15:48:15 -------------------------------------