Special Collections are housed in Hoskins Library at UT-Knoxville. Hoskins is at 1401 Cumberland Ave. Access to the collections is limited to 9:00-5:30 Monday-Friday. You have to apply at the front desk for access. You are then directed to the reading room while the librarian retrieves the materials and brings them out to you. There are restrictions on photocopying, and none of the materials can be checked out. More info on Special Collections from the UTK libraries web page: Special Collections is the repository for rare books, manuscripts, University Archives, and other unusual items of non-standard format (rare maps, prints, and historical ephemera). Because of the unusual nature of the holdings, it is a high security area of non circulating materials. Special Collections facilities are open to all library patrons, subject to department regulations. Materials must be applied for at the Reference and Information desk and must be used in the reading room provided. All researchers are asked to sign a register when applying for materials. Pencil (no ink, please!) and paper may be taken into the reading room. Other items are to be left in the reception area, where lockers are provided. Photocopy Policy Nutshell Guide to the Policy Photocopying in Special Collections is different from photocopying for materials in the circulating collections of the Libraries. Why? See BACKGROUND below. Requests for permission to photocopy materials in the collections are considered by Special Collections staff on a case by case basis; no copies may be made without permission of the staff. For more specific information and for an explanation of the applicable copyright law, please read PROCEDURES below. Background Photocopying of materials in the Special Collections Library is guided and governed by considerations that differ from those guiding the photocopying of materials in the circulating collections of the Libraries. In the case of the circulating collections, the Libraries seek to maintain the circulating collections in a good state of preservation, but priority is implicitly given to the user of the present. The Special Collections Library is the repository for rare and unique materials as well as subject-specific research collections characterized by maximum breadth and depth. The priority is both for the user of the present and for the user centuries into the future; that is to say, photocopying of materials in Special Collections is guided and governed by considerations of intrinsic value (uniqueness, rarity, costliness) and condition, with a view to continuing to make the resources in the collections available to readers and researchers, not only now, but for all time. Procedures In each instance where photocopying is desired, we ask that you receive permission from the staff member at the desk before copying or requesting the copy of an item from the collections. While many materials may be copied, certain items are too fragile to permit the handling required in the process of photocopying. Others may be too rare, under some sort of restriction, or may require handling by a staff member at the photocopier. EXTREME CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN HANDLING FRAGILE ITEMS; please feel free to request assistance from the staff. In the case of materials from the manuscript collections, items to be copied may be copied one at a time, only. Take the item to show the staff member at the desk to obtain approval; and after copying, return to the desk with the item. Each manuscript item is handled in this way. The use of portable photocopiers or hand held scanners to copy materials in the collections is not permitted. Photographs may be made, of selected pages of books, manuscripts, maps, ephemera, newspapers, prints, or photographic images. Please consult with the staff member at the reference desk regarding the proper procedure. In all cases, permission to copy is at the discretion of the staff member on duty at the reference desk. Permission may be denied if, in the judgment of staff, injury to the item or items would result; if the rarity, uniqueness, or costliness of the item mitigates against copying; or if violation of copyright law and or "fair use" may result. 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