Fees and charges

Dorset History Centre fees and charges 2009-2010.

For prices and titles of our publications, please see our publications page.

Copying (prices include VAT)

Photocopies

Paper	Size	B&W On-Site	B&W By Post	Colour
Standard	A4	£0.50	£1.00	£1.25
Standard	A3	£0.70	£1.20	£2.50
High quality paper	A4	N/A	£1.50	£2.25
High quality paper	A3	N/A	£2.70	£4.50

Overhead digital camera prints incl. 1 scan

Paper	Size	B&W	Colour
Standard	A4	£2.50	N/A
Standard	A3	£3.00	N/A
High quality paper	A4	£3.50	£5.00
High quality paper	A3	£7.00	£10.00
High quality paper	A2	N/A	£20.00
High quality paper	A1	N/A	£40.00

Photographic process copy prints: commercially supplied excluding scan

A4 Black And White	£25.00
A1 Black And White	£45.00
A4 Colour	£10.00
A3 Colour	£15.00
A2 Colour	£25.00
A1 Colour	£45.00

High resolution digitisation copies: provided by staff

Overhead digital camera image - £6.00

Stitching images (per stitching) - £6.00

Additional charges are made for copies supplied in the following formats:

Archangel £6 for up to 25 small items as one image (per DVD)

Archangel £6 each : large images

CD - £10 each

DVD - £20 each

Microform print-out

Microform print-out (by post)

A4 - £1.00

A3 - £1.20

See public self-service below for on-site charges.

Plan prints: (black and white)

AO size - £12.00

A2 size - £5.00

Public self-service (on-site): A4 A3

Photocopies - 20p

Microform print-out (A4) - 50p

Microform print-out (A3) - 70p

Public Access Computer Colour Prints - 50p

Permission to photograph documents

Visitors must buy a licence in order to use their own camera in the searchroom. Visitors can take as many photographs as they require whilst the licence is in effect.

Day ticket - £7.00

Week ticket - £20.00

Copies of audio sources

Copying audio tapes to audio or digital format - £5 per tape

Microfilm: provided by staff

Copy of all or part of a microfilm, including postage in UK - £100

Filming new material - Price by negotiation

Sale of images on line

10 x 8 inches (203mm x 254mm) - £9.95

A4 (210mm x 297mm) - £9.95

A3 (297mm x 420mm) - £13.95

Postage of images on line is £2 flat rate, regardless of what size print you order, how many prints you order or where you live (we dispatch worldwide). Ordering is via the website only; telephone orders cannot be accepted. Payment is in £ (GBP) Sterling only.

Postal charges

N.B. Due to changes in the Royal Mail pricing structure most A4 and A3 Sheets for postage will be folded, unless otherwise specifically requested

Minimum charge for orders supplied by post:

£6.00 for 4 X A4 or 2 X A3 B&W photocopies or Microfilm print-outs

UK Letter - A5 Ordinary Envelope
Up to 15 A4 sheets folded	£1.50

UK Large Letter - A4 Ordinary/Stiffened Envelope
Up to 15 A3 sheets folded or 30 A4 sheets flat	£2.00

UK Packet - A3 Stiffened Envelope
Up to 25 A3 sheets flat	£3.00

UK Packet - Cardboard Tube
Up to 250g weight = 100g for contents	£3.00

UK Large Letter - CD Packaging
One CD per padded envelope: 100g	£1.50

Overseas Airmail Letter -A4 Ordinary/Stiffened Envelope
Up to equivalent:	Europe	World Zones 1/2
10 A3 sheets folded or 20 A4 sheets flat	£3.00	£5.00

Overseas Airmail Letter - A3 Stiffened Envelope
Up to equivalent:	Europe	World Zones 1/2
10 A3 sheets flat	£4.00	£7.00

Overseas Airmail Letter - Cardboard Tube
	Europe	World Zones 1/2
Up to 300g weight = 50g for contents	£5.50	£8.50

Overseas Small Packet - Customs Declaration Form
One CD per padded envelope: 100g	£3.50

Certificates

From a parish register entry (statutory fee) - £9.25

Certification of copies: In addition to cost of the copy - £3.50

Research fees

Per hour - £27.00

Transcription fees

Per hour - £32.00

Reproduction fees

Rate 1: Not-for-profit publication: £5.00 discounted rate £2.50*

Including: Community/ local voluntary groups/scholarly/educational publications, digital publication on community/local voluntary group websites or other digital media and video.

Rate 2: Commercial publication – local: £10.00 discounted rate £5.00*

Including: local press, magazines and media, local publishers of Dorset history and related material.

Rate 3: Commercial publication – national: £50.00 discounted rate £25.00*

Including: national media, digital publication in all formats, film and TV use of images.

*For third and all further images used in a single publication

Category 1: Other commercial use: by negotiation

Include significant filming, advertising use, book covers, CD labels, TV editorial flashes, TV advertising flashes, commercial video, souvenirs.

Category 2: No charge

Only when directly supports DHC core objectives and key priorities or is otherwise beneficial to the archives and local studies collections