Photographs and/or digital images may be requested from Marquand materials for a fee. 

• For photography needs, please fill out the following photography request form.
• Copy requests other than from Marquand locations are handled by Resource Sharing staff. Princeton affiliates please visit Article Express to submit a copy request. Please note that only libraries may submit an interlibrary loan request, and Marquand does not loan entire volumes. Marquand Library does not generally copy or scan for individuals.
• Art & Archaeology Faculty or their assistants, may request digital images for their courses. Please fill out the orange form available in Marquand and leave it with accompanying Marquand book(s). Visual Resources staff may be called upon to assist. Rare Book requests should be handled via the photography request form.

Researchers must request permission in writing to reproduce images of any item in Marquand Library. 

Marquand Photography and Permissions Requests

Reproductions must carry a credit line stating that the item is published "With permission of the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University." A correct bibliographic citation and, if applicable, a donor acknowledgment, should also accompany the reproduction.

Please note that, in most cases, Princeton University owns only the physical item and not the intellectual property rights. Princeton University assumes no responsibility for violations of such rights, or for any other legal issues resulting from the use or publication of an item. It is the researcher’s responsibility to secure all necessary permissions from intellectual property rights holders.

Princeton University Library
Attn: Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, 1st Floor
693 Alexander Road
Princeton NJ 08540
609-258-6950 (fax)

 Request an assigned shelf 

Policies and Information:

• Assigned study shelves (maximum 35 inches) are issued by Marquand staff on a priority basis.
• Assigned shelf holders have a special responsibility for respecting the Library’s no food and drink policy within Marquand spaces.
• Marquand's spaces are non-circulating. No Marquand books may leave the West Atrium at any time.
• Books may be retrieved individually or using book trucks for use in the West Atrium reading room, study carrels or comfortable seating.
• Books should be reshelved prior to leaving the West Atrium.
• There is a designated black cart for returns.
• Books requested from Marquand (McCormick Hall collection--"remote storage"--in Upstate NY, and "remote storage" ReCAP) will be charged to one's shelf and made available there.
• Deliveries happen from Upstate NY twice per week and ReCAP five days per week, but may take time to arrive in Firestone. Read request-related emails closely.
• Items uniquely held by Columbia (i.e. Avery Library) and Harvard Fine Arts Library must be consulted in the Scribner Atrium. Request the Princeton copy, if one; the URL will lack "SCSB."
• Shelf usage will be monitored throughout the year. Unused or little used shelves may be reassigned.
• Study shelves are not meant to hold personal or non-Marquand library books due to space limitations.
• The use of post-its or post-it flags will not be tolerated due to the damage they may cause to pages. Please use available paper flags/scrap paper instead.
• Users assigned a study shelf must agree to abide by these policies.
• NOTE: lockers to store non-Marquand books may be available for PU affiliates.

Request scans from Marquand books and journals via the library catalog. Select Electronic Delivery and fill out the required fields for a book chapter or journal article. If the item is in use or unable to be scanned, request via ArticleExpress instead.

Marquand has a dedicated special collections classroom, and other rooms in Firestone Library for our use, space permitting. Reservations for any must be made 2-3 weeks (or more) in advance to ensure securing the proper space to view rare materials. For classes, please send lists of materials needed (Title and Call Number are helpful) 1-2 weeks in advance to ensure prompt delivery and preparation of items. Offsite items can take up to 4 days for octavos and quartos and a full week (or more) for folios and elephant folios to transport to Firestone.

Email [email protected] with classroom requests and/or questions or concerns about accessing rare materials, or to inquire about consulting rare (and non-rare) folios and elephant folios that are physically located offsite. Please be patient as we do our best to provide access to what is needed. More advanced notice will be needed than was the case in McCormick Hall.

Faculty who would like to put material on reserve at Marquand should contact Pankaj (PK) Chugh at [email protected].

The Assistant Librarian can offer an orientation/tour to Marquand's Firestone reading rooms by request, which can include a classroom session. Schedule an appointment.

More extensive tours will be offered once Marquand returns to its original McCormick Hall location after completion of the Princeton University Art Museum complex.