Depending on how many requests have been submitted for that hour, retrievals take from 15 to 45 minutes. Photocopying of HMD material is done by HMD staff, though some books in the collection are too fragile to be photocopied at all. If a microfilm copy of an item is available, request the microfilm and make copies from it, using the reader-printer in the Reading Room. Photocopies from printed materials cost 20 per exposure. Copies from the microfilm reader-printer cost 10 per exposure.
Payment is by check.
You can pick up your copies or we will mail them with a bill. Material from HMD does not circulate. However, items on microfilm or other photocopy format may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan . Microfilmed material may also be purchased through NLM's Microfilm Sales Program . You may also search Manuscript Collections Sorted by Type and Finding Aids for Selected Manuscript Collections .