Slide Services

Having Slides Made

The Fine Arts Library Image Collection can photograph slides from images in books for classroom and lecture purposes. All slides photographed and purchased by the Image Collection remain the property of the Image Collection.

If you are interested in having slides made, please look at the categories below and email a completed slide request form to us.

• Faculty
  • May request slides to be photographed or purchased from slide vendors for classroom use and collection development
  • Requests should be made no later than 10 working days prior to the date the slide is needed (the slide photographer may provide special consideration for emergency purposes depending upon current workload). Request time will vary for slides being purchased from commercial vendors.
• Graduate Students
  • May request slides to be photographed for classroom presentations
  • May request up to 40 slides per presentation (the slide photographer may provide special consideration depending upon current workload)
  • Requests must be made 10 working days prior to the date the slide is needed
• Undergraduate Students
  • May request slides to photographed for classroom presentations
  • May request up to 15 slides per presentation. At her discretion, the slide curator may provide special consideration for students in upper level classes.
  • Requests must be made 10 working days prior to the date the slide is needed

Having Slides Purchased

If the images you need are available through a vendor, please email us with the vendor's contact information along with detailed information about the specific images you would like ordered. Provided the images fall within our Collection Development Policy, we will work with the vendor to acquire them.

Borrowing Slides

Slides may be borrowed as follows:

• Faculty
  • Slides may be borrowed for one week. If slides are needed for a longer period, arrangements should be made at the time of borrowing.
  • Faculty should have their slides counted when borrowing and returning. As a courtesy to their colleagues, they may want to add a brief note as to the nature of the material being borrowed or held.
  • Slides may be borrowed for the duration of an off campus conference. Faculty must provide their name and the duration of the conference. In addition, all slides being borrowed will be counted and photocopied.
  • Faculty may also hold slides on a designated viewer, faculty shelf or patron shelf.
• Graduate Students
  • Graduate students with a Penn ID may borrow slides for one night.
  • Slides will be photocopied and counted when they are borrowed and recounted upon return.
  • Slides may be borrowed for the duration of an off campus conference. Graduate students must provide their name and the duration of the conference in addition to having the slides counted and photocopied.
  • Slides may be pulled one week in advance and held on a patron shelf.
  • Graduate students working as TAs will have the same privileges as faculty.
• Undergraduate Students
  • Undergraduate students with a Penn ID may borrow slides for the duration of the class in which the slides are being used. At her discretion, the Image Curator may extend these privileges for students in upper level classes.
  • Slides may be pulled one week in advance and held on a patron shelf.
  • Slides will be counted and photocopied when they are borrowed and recounted upon return.

Placing Slides on Reserve

• To place the selected slide on hold, hand the circulation form, slide photocopy and slides to a staff member. Your slides will be held in a box on the reserve shelf under your name. You may come down as often as necessary to work with the slides; however, the slides may only leave the slide room for the appropriate duration.
• Slides made for a seminar report may be checked out from the Image Collection as soon as they are processed. Just list the order number for the slides and how many from each order you are borrowing.
• Within two days after the date listed for your presentation, if you have not borrowed the slides or provided us with an alternate date, the slides will be returned to the collection.

Fines/Fees

• If slides are missing and cannot be retrieved, they are considered lost and you will be charged a replacement fee.
  Lost Fees
  • $10.00 per slide
  • $25.00 per irreplaceable slide
  • $15.00 per slide tray
  
  Late Fees
  • $3.00 for slides that are not returned on the day of the presentation or by 12 PM for overnight loans.
  • If returning slides after a presentation or class presents some hardship, alternate arrangements should be made with Image Curator before borrowing the slides.
  • If your class extends beyond the operational hours of the Image Collection, you can return slides to the circulation desk in the Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Slide Trays

If you need slide trays, please inform a slide room staff member.