Reprographic and digital services

Orders for reprographic services are carried out by the Reprographic and Digitization Unit of the Wroclaw University Library. Orders can be submitted electronically via the form on the WUL's website, as well as on order forms available in all WUL's reading rooms. Orders can also be sent by

• e-mail: bu[w]uwr.edu.pl (bu[at]uwr[dot]edu[dot]pl) or oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl (oin[dot]bu[at]uwr[dot]edu[dot]pl)
• or by traditional mail to the WUL's address: Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 12 St., 50-383 Wroclaw.

Payments related to the execution of the order are regulated according to the price list available on the website.

Note: Digitization of library materials in the University Library is only possible from collections free from copyright restrictions (located in the public domain).

All special collections of the Wroclaw University Library are under conservation protection. Some objects, due to their state of preservation, may be excluded from the digitization process.

Description of services:

1. Scanning from original materials – No. 1 in price list
   Service includes the creation of images in the form of color graphic files (24 bit) with a maximum format of A-1 (841x594 mm), for objects up to 20 cm thick. Scanning is performed using specialized art scanners, standardly at a resolution of 600 PPI.
2. Scanning from microforms – Nos. 2-4 in price list
   Service consists of creating grayscale images (8 bit) from existing microforms. When placing an order, you must provide the following data: title of the periodical, page numbers, periodical number, dates.
3. Digitization on demand – No. 5 in price list
   The entire item is digitized. If ordered materials are within an introligatory block (i.e. it is bound in one volume with the other), then whole block is digitized. Created files remain the property of Library and will be placed in the Digital Library of Wroclaw University and user receives copy in form of high quality files*.
4. Digital file made with digital camera – Nos. 6-9 in price list
   Service applies to objects or their elements (e.g. large-format objects above A1, watermarks, gilded miniatures, bindings) that cannot be digitized on art scanners. In such cases, a digital camera is used.
5. Copying files – Nos. 10-11 in price list
   Service involves making high-quality copies of files* stored in the WUL's digital archives.
6. Files requiring additional processing – No. 12 in price list
   At the user's request, additional file processing is possible, e.g. OCR, combining scans, making corrections.

*High quality file (primary or master) – in the WUL's digital archive these are files in JPG or TIF format coming directly from scanners or files created as a result of processing the content of one or more source files, the quality of which is equal to the source files. An example would be a digital copy made by combining multiple shots of a given object into one image.