The University of Wisconsin Libraries generally do not own the copyrights to materials in their print, manuscript, and electronic collections.
Consistent with their public university mission, the Libraries encourage the use of content in these collections for study, research,and teaching.
Most works published after 1923 are protected by U. S. and international copyright laws. Unpublished materials, including but not limited to correspondence and manuscripts, are also protected by copyright laws.
In general the Libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison can neither grant nor deny permission to publish texts or images from its holdings unless the University of Wisconsin is identified as the copyright holder for the original. Unless otherwise noted, it is thus not necessary to seek the Libraries' permission to publish texts or images unless the University of Wisconsin is identified as the copyright holder for the original. The Libraries do, however, require that proper attribution be given in each instance of use.
