I've found a photo but how can I use it?
These collections exist for USU students, staff and faculty, and the public to use! If you are using the image for research, in a student project, or in a presentation go ahead and use the image but give us a credit: Courtesy of USU Special Collections, Merrill-Cazier Library. If you want to post it online, publish the image, or use it in an exhibit then you'll need to contact us USU Special Collections E-mail and fill out a permission to publish form. Once in a while we will refer the patron to another institution and/or to the original copyright holder to get permission.
If the image is used for promotion, for sales, or in a commercial publication, there is an additional fee, and you'll need to fill out the permission form.
Please note that we are happy to help with copyright questions, but ultimately copyright is the responsibility of the person publishing the image. There are a very small number of photo collections where publishing is not permitted due to donor agreements and/or particularly sensitive copyright issues.
How do I cite a Photo?
If you are citing the image in a paper or book or other publication please keep in mind that you're creating a path for other's to find and view the same image. The Chicago manual of Style has citation information for photographs not considered works of art as the title of the image (usually given by the photographer), the photographer, and the originating institution.
So, for example:
"Hanging Rock: Echo City, Utah," by A.J. Russell, from Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery. Courtesy of Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections.
While you don't have to cite the collection the image came from, I would encourage you to do so in a bibliography.
