Digital Reproduction Requests

The University Library offers reproduction services for library material for current University of Illinois affiliates (ONLY students, faculty, and staff). To begin, please search the Library’s Easy Search page and our Digital Collections to find material already available online.

To place a request, see the options below.

  • Please note: Digitization Services will not be accepting requests between December 16th and January 3rd, we will resume accepting requests on January 6th. Thank you!

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Placing a request for Special Collection Materials

If the item you are requesting is from one of our Special Collection Libraries, please contact the library directly.

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Placing a request for General Collection (Circulating) Materials, a Thesis/Dissertation, or Reproduction Images from Doc Express

Anyone with a NETID (ONLY students, faculty, and staff) may place a request for a few pages from a circulating book, journal, thesis/dissertation, or reproduction image for research or publication through DocExpress.

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Placing a request for General Collection (Circulating) Materials for Publication from Digitization Services

  • To place a request with Digitization Services for a publication (high-res, 600 dpi) image, you must be a current University of Illinois affiliate with a NetID (ONLY students, faculty, and staff). Complete the General Collections Reproduction Request Form for Patrons.  We use a Special Collections Aeon system to manage these requests. Please follow the steps below to place a request:
      1. Click on the General Collections Reproduction Request Form for Patrons link General Collections Reproduction Request Form for Patrons.
      2. Create an account or login with your NetID.
      3. Once logged in, you will be directed to the general collections reproduction request form for patrons.
      4. Billing, payment, and delivery will take place via your Aeon User Account.

For questions about placing an order, please contact digitizationservices@library.illinois.edu.

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Placing a request as LIBRARY STAFF ONLY

Library content liaisons or staff please complete the General Collections Reproduction Request Form for Library Staff. This form is restricted to library employees ONLY and is to be utilized for the publication of general collection materials. Please contact the appropriate Special Collections libraries directly with inquiries about their collections. Requests for thesis/dissertations should be sent to Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery. See above.

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Fees and Pricing

The current time to complete a request is 3–4 weeks.  Large-scale orders require additional time and cost.

Equipment/Format Setup Fee, includes 1st image/page. Fee Per Image/Page
Book Digitization, 600 dpi (items that are not oversized and/or in poor condition) $20 $0.20 per page
Single image digitization, 600 dpi (items that are oversized and/or in poor condition) $20 $2 per image
OCR creation (delivered in PDF format) $2 $0.50 per page
Image editing (stitching, color/image correction, cropping) $10 per 15 minutes of labor
Electronic delivery Free
Custom Orders Priced Upon Request

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Additional digital reformatting services:

Please visit Guidelines and Fees for Reproduction Services for Library Materials and review the University Library’s policies on the reuse of digitized materials.