StaffGuide: Research Services in Special Collections

Determining Rights Held

  • Review the ArchivesSpace accession file available in the Staff interface.
  • Accession may not exist in ArchivesSpace, jump to next step.
  • Review the physical accession file.
  • Consult with relevant subject specialists and administration if necessary.
  • If rights NOT held:
    • Research Services email requesting researcher:
      • Special Collections has received your Notification of Intent to Publish form. The University of Arkansas is not the rights holder for the identified materials, so you do not need our permission to publish. The rights holder is INSERT INFORMATION HERE.
  • If rights ARE held:
    • Research Services emails researcher:
      • Special Collections has received your Notification of Intent to Publish form. The University of Arkansas is the rights holder for the identified materials.

Your request for permission to publish has been approved by (staff name, date).

We will keep your completed notification on file and have provided a copy below for your records.  

OR

Your request for permission to publish has not been approved as requested by (staff name, date) because: INSERT REASON.