The Preservation Reformatting Department provides patrons with reproductions of certain items from the Columbia University Libraries collections. Reproductions are intended for personal or scholarly use. Patrons are responsible for all copyright and permissions matters. Services are restricted to items owned by the Libraries.

Mediated services include flatbed scanning, digital photography, film-based photography, microfilming, microfilm scanning, and audio reformatting. 

Self-service photocopy services are administered by other units.

To download forms for ordering digital photography, electronic books, microfilm duplication, and copies of audio recordings, visit the Reprographic Order Forms page.

Orders for reproductions of library materials may be placed directly through the Preservation Reformatting Dept, except for materials from the following libraries, for which you must place orders directly with each library:

• Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
• The Burke Library
  
• Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  
• C.V. Starr East Asian Library

To place an order, please fill out reprographic order forms available from various Columbia University Libraries units, from the Preservation Reformatting Department, or online.

Order forms must include:

• Complete bibliographic information: author, title, publisher, date & place of publication, volume and pages desired; and
• Columbia University Libraries call number, if known.

Advance payment of fees is required for all orders. We accept cash, checks in United States dollars drawn on a United States bank, MasterCard, or Visa.

Orders and questions should be addressed to:

Preservation Reformatting Department
101 Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027

E-mail: prd-orders@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 854-1332
Fax: (212) 854-9825

All reproductions are prepared on order and cannot be returned for credit.