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AccessPolicy
ItistheWindyCityLibrarysmissiontocollect,preserveandmakeavailable
materialstopatronsinterestedinandconductinggenealogicalresearchofCook
County.Tomaintaintheavailabilityofmaterials,userswillreadthefollowingtermsandfillouttheUserApplicationForm.
1. AccessisprovidedinaccordancewiththeCodeofEthicsforArchivists,andtheStandardsofEthicalConductforRareBook,ManuscriptandSpecial
CollectionsLibrarians.Wewillnotdenyaccesstoanyuser,norgrant
exclusiveorprivilegeduseofmaterialstoanyresearcher,unlessrequiredto
dosobyauthority,institutionalmandate,ordonororpurchasestipulation.
Pleaserefertothedonorpolicytounderstandthetermsunderwhichthese
stipulationsarise.
2. ItisWindyCityLibrarysresponsibilitytoinformresearchersofallavailable
materialsinourcollections,andtoprovideequalaccessamongallpatrons.
However,wereservetherighttolimitorrestricttheusedofmaterialsbased
ondonoragreements,unprocessedmaterials,andpreservationpractices.In
accordancewithinstitutionalmandate,ausermustpresentacceptable
identificationofanyindividualswishingtousethematerialswithinthecollections,inadditiontoasignatureverifyingtheknowledgeofthetermsof
use.
3. WhiletheWindyCityLibrarydoesnotchargefeesformakingavailablematerialsinourholdings,wedochargefeestofacilitateaccesstocollectionsbyprovidingreproductionservices.Nocopiesofmaterialsmaybemade
withoutthepermissionofstaffmembers.Alluseforpublicationorcopying
mustadheretotheprovisionsofU.S.Copyrightlaw.Additionally,citationsto
copiesinrepositoryshouldincludelocationoforiginal,ifknown.
4. WhileitistheWindyCitylibrarysresponsibilitytomakematerialsavailableandequallyaccessibleforallresearcherstouse,itistheusersresponsibility
touseallmaterialsinaccordancewithinstitutionalpolicies.TheWindyCity
Librarymayrefuseaccesstoanindividualresearcherwhohasviolatedthe
publishedpolicyandregulationsofrepository.