Document Services Fees
| Library Documents Sent by Email or Mail | Documents (manually scanned) sent by email: $1.00 per page Documents (manually scanned and printed) sent by mail: $1.25 per page (plus postage) |
| Specialized Vendor Database Documents | Documents sent by email: $10 per PDF (or other digital format) document Documents sent by mail: $10 per document plus $0.50 per page (plus postage) |
| Fee To Retrieve Documents from Offsite Storage | $25 per archive box, plus a round-trip transportation fee of $110. |
By requesting a copy of an article or other document, the requestor understands and is advising us that the copy is for personal use, research, or study, consistent with fair use under U.S. copyright law.
Research Services Fees
| Non-Member Research Rate | $300 per hour (minimum fee of $300), plus applicable document fees. The minimum fee of $300 must be paid before work will begin. |
| Member Research Rate | $150 per hour (minimum fee of $50), plus applicable document fees. |
Non-member Research:
Non-member research is charged at an hourly rate of $300. A minimum fee of $300 must be paid before the requested research or document services will be started.
If the work exceeds one hour, non-members will be charged for the additional time in ten-minute increments. Document delivery charges are in addition to applicable hourly research rates.
All fees after the initial $300 must be paid when invoiced, and the requested information will not be provided until payment is made.
Member Research:
Member research is charged at a reduced hourly rate of $150. The minimum fee of $50 does not need to be pre-paid. If the work exceeds 20 minutes, members will be charged for the additional time in ten-minute increments. Document delivery charges are in addition to applicable hourly research rates. Invoices are due upon receipt, but need not be paid before the Library will release the results of the research or the requested documents.
How To Make Payment
We prefer that invoices be paid by check, due to online processing fees. If you are unable to send a check, you may pay with a credit or debit card by clicking here.
Policy Regarding Research Requests by Individual Members
We ask that individual members please submit their research requests themselves, not via an assistant or other non-member.
