-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Sanborn maps Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:52:30 -0500 From: Boardman, Richard <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> CC: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> I'd like to get some feedback from libraries that have Sanborn Maps in the collection, microfilm and/or hard copy or digital. How do you handle requests for copies of Sanborns? Do you split them into pre-1923 (public domain) and post-1923 (copyrighted) and make copies accordingly? Or do you not make copies at all? Is there a "fair use" provision that would allow, say, students to make copies for their school projects, as opposed to a commercial company making copies for a client report? Sanborn gives a student "discount" for copies but it's still very expensive. In Philadelphia, the first Sanborn completed was for center city (1916). By the time they completed the set, the northeast section of the city was 1928. Does that mean that the 1916-23 copies are fair game but the 1928 (as well as later updates) is out as far as reproductions? Does the fact that Pro-Quest produced the film under an agreement with pre-EDR Sanborn have any bearing on this? Thoughts, opinions, suggestions? Please excuse the cross-posting. Thanks. Rich Boardman Map Collection Free Library of Philadelphia