Donations

Bury Archives Service does accept photographic donations (digital copies or originals) relating to the local area from any period. The following guidelines are intended to answer some of the more common questions we get asked. We accept no liability for items sent in the post and strongly recommend that you arrange to bring material to Bury Archives by appointment (see contacts page). No photographs will be accepted without a donation and reproduction agreement being completed. Bury Archives Service reserves the right to destroy any material sent without prior agreement being made.

Sending Photographs

We ask that all images donated to us are either out of copyright or that we have your written permission to digitise and use them. Possession of an image does not necessarily mean you own copyright to the image and copyright laws are strict. Therefore we only accept images where the owner can grant us the right to use copies of them.
You will need to download a donation and reproduction agreement form [click here], print it off, fill it in and post it to us at Bury Archives Service. This form gives you the ability to say how we can use your images. Income from the sale of images goes towards the costs of maintaining the site and conserving photographs.
Donated material is frequently uploaded to the Bury Image Bank website but no guarantee can be given as to a timeframe in which photographs will be made available in this way.

Sending Digital Images

We can only accept digital images under the same terms as above. Images cannot be accepted as emails and should be put on CD/DVD. Low resolution images cannot be accepted. The resolution should be at least 300dpi and the scan is preferably sized at around A4 (roughly 30cm x 21cm or 10” x 8”) irrespective of the size of the original. TIFF files are preferred but a Jpeg with a file size of around 1.5MB to 2MB would be acceptable (this is the size of the file and not the size of the picture).

Loans for Scanning

Unfortunately Bury Archives Service does not have staff time for scanning work on demand. If you have photographs that need to be scanned (in order to donate digital copies) full details of images should be sent to the Archivist for special consideration.

Image Information

Images will only be accepted if accompanied by contextual information. It is appreciated if donors can include a text file, spreadsheet or letter so information can be added to the database. Information required includes:
Title (including Location if appropriate), Description, Date of Image, Photographer, Additional Information.
Please ensure images are numbered to correspond with the information provided.