St. Louis Mercantile Library Professional Image Services Price List
Effective May 1, 2006 Subject to Change without notice.
Our experienced staff will research your subject, locate the images that fit your parameters, and send you xerographic or scanned copies for your review.
To place an order for MercSource service, please contact us first by telephone, fax, letter or e-mail to discuss your needs.
- Once we’ve advised you that we may be able to assist, we’ll send or fax you an authorization form to complete and mail or fax back to us. If you pay by credit card, or are an established customer that we invoice, we’ll start work promptly after receiving the authorization. If you are a new customer and pay by check or money order, we will wait for your check or money order before proceeding.
- Letters or e-mail messages authorizing work are also accepted, provided they properly authorize us. Contact us for information on proper format.
- We will work only up to the limit you set or less, and charge you only for work actually done.
- Normal turnaround time: two to three weeks from receipt of your order to shipping by us. Allow additional time for transit to you. Rush fee (+50% to +100% of total charges) applies to orders filled on tighter deadlines. Rush jobs accepted at the discretion of the Library, depending on staff time availability.
- Postage. Express, courier and other shipping charges are additional.
Please note the MercSource research time, and copying and transmittal costs apply to any authorized work, whether or not we are able to locate material suitable to you.
Service |
Non-Member |
Member |
Non-Profit |
Research and copying Per hour, charged in ¼ hour increments |
$60.00 |
$50.00 |
$50.00 |
Xerographic copies, ea. letter and legal /11x17 |
$0.30/0.40 |
$0.15/0.30 |
$0.15/0.30 |
Xerographic copies, ea. from microforms |
$0.60 |
$0.30 |
$0.30 |
Fax, local/long dist. per page |
$1.25/2.00 |
$1.25/2.00 |
$1.25/2.00 |
Scanned images, each MS-DOS/Windows only for review and placement only |
$12.00 |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
PAYMENT
All orders payable upon order or receipt. Billing customer terms:
- MasterCard, VISA, check or money order accepted. Make checks payable to: St. Louis Mercantile Library.
- New customers: Payment in advance required for the amount you authorize by check or money order, or by providing MasterCard or VISA account information. We will charge your account only for work actually done; if you pay by check or money order, we will refund any overpayment.
- Established billing customers: We will invoice you for the charges for actual time worked and fees, to total not more than any maximum authorized.
Photographic Reproduction and License Fees
For use in print, film, video, computer and other productions
Prices are per image for production use. The basic fee per image includes:
- Any copy photography or scanning necessary (negatives and inter-negatives made are retained by the Library).
- A black-and-white or color photographic print (size 8x10 in., glossy finish, on RC paper) or 4x5 in. or 35 mm transparency, except when an image previously obtained and licensed from us is re-licensed for a new use. Some transparencies of materials which are difficult to photograph are loaned for 2 week production use period and must be returned; charges are the same. Other sizes, finishes, custom work are additional.
- Fee for one-time use as licensed by the Library; see other side for details.
- Handling and delivery by first class mail. Courier, express or other premium delivery charges are additional.
Please note:
- Prints or transparencies you order may not be returned for refund or credit, whether or not they are used in the proposed production for which they have been licensed. Images not used may, however, be re-licensed.
- Normal turnaround time: 10 working days from receipt to shipping. Allow time for transit to you. Rush charges (+50% to +100%) apply to tighter deadlines. Rush jobs accepted at the discretion of the Library.
Editorial Use
Uses in which the image appears only once in the main body of a single production in one medium only, with a non-advertising, non-promotional, non-fund-raising focus or purpose (e. g. a book, article, informational brochure or pamphlet, motion picture, television program, video, CD-ROM or computer product, or World Wide Web page), produced in one language and one edition only, under one title only, and distributed or broadcast only in North America (United States, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean islands). If a print or computer media product, for 10,000 copies or less. Apply to other rights. Use in a poster, postcard, calendar, publication cover, product cover or container, dust jacket or book-end-papers at Non-Editorial Advertising/Promotional Use fees (see below).
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Other Fees In addition to the basic fees listed above
Basic Fees |
Non-Member |
Member |
Non-Profit |
Produce 10,001-25,000 copies |
$30.00 |
$20.00 |
$25.00 |
More than 25,000 copies |
$60.00 |
$50.00 |
$55.00 |
Additional language or edition |
$70.00 |
$55.00 |
$60.00 |
Multiple appearances in film, TV, video or computer media |
$20.00 |
$15.00 |
$15.00 |
Additional distribution per continent |
$30.00 |
$20.00 |
$20.00 |
Worldwide distribution outside North America |
$100.00 |
$80.00 |
$90.00 |
Non-editorial, Advertising or Promotional Use
Uses in which the image appears only once in the main body of a single production produced in one medium only; appears on a publication cover, dust jacket or on book end-papers; appears in postcards, posters, calendars or similar unbound material; and/or which has an advertising, promotional or fund-raising focus or purpose (including promotional books, magazine articles and special advertisin sections; annual reports; advertising or promotional brochures or pamphlets; promotional brochures or pamphlets; promotional motion pictures, videos and television programs including ‘infomercials’; CD-ROMs, computer products, or World Wide Web pages with advertising, promotional or fund-raising purpose) produced in one language and one edition only, under one title only, and distributed or broadcast only in North America (United States, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean islands). If a print or computer media product, for 10,000 copies or less. Additional fees apply to other rights.
Basic Fees |
Non-Member |
Member |
Non-Profit |
Delivery medium |
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Black-and-White Print |
$125.00 |
$105.00 |
$115.00 |
Color print or transparency |
$145.00 |
$125.00 |
$135.00 |
Scan (300-600 dpi) |
$125.00 |
$105.00 |
$115.00 |
Reuse/Re-license of image previously licensed. |
$100.00 |
$90.00 |
$95.00 |
Other Fees In addition to the basic fees listed above
Non-Member |
Member |
Non-Profit |
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Produce 10,001-25,000 copies |
$60.00 |
$40.00 |
$50.00 |
More than 25,000 copies |
$120.00 |
$100.00 |
$110.00 |
Additional language or edition |
$60.00 |
$50.00 |
$55.00 |
Multiple appearances in film, TV, video or computer media |
$40.00 |
$30.00 |
$35.00 |
Additional distribution per continent |
$60.00 |
$40.00 |
$50.00 |
Worldwide distribution outside North America |
$250.00 |
$225.00 |
$235.00 |
All Media campaign per continent |
$500.00 |
$400.00 |
$550.00 |
All-media campaign Worldwide distribution outside North America |
$1,000.00 |
$900.00 |
$950.00 |