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Who may use the Library & Archives?
The Library and Archives staff welcome the general public as well as National Park Service staff and contractors; especially post-secondary school students and teachers. National Park Service staff and its contractors and cooperating agencies may request reference services by telephone, fax, mail, e-mail, or in person. The Library & Archives are available to the general public by appointment only.

Do materials circulate?
Library materials are available to park staff and volunteers on a circulating basis and all others for reference (in-library) use only. Archival collections are available on-site to researchers, limited only by donor or legal restrictions.

Can materials be copied?
Copying services are available at a nominal fee for most materials limited only by copyright, donor, or legal restrictions.

Copies of photographs in archival collections are available for reproduction at nominal fee upon request. For information regarding duplication services click here.

Is help available to researchers?

· Reference assistance about holdings is available, but staff are unable to undertake lengthy research investigations.

· The NPS online library catalog includes the Independence National Historical Park library collection and can be accessed at: http://www.library.nps.gov.

· A guide to the archives holdings was compiled in 1983. Finding aids are available for collections processed since then. These items are available in the Library & Archives.