Frequently Asked Questions
What do you need from me in order to begin work on my
project?
How will I be charged?
What are your charges?
How do you handle production involving copyright-protected
materials?
What do you need from me in order to begin work on my project?
- Text-based projects: Text should be typed and in digital format, if possible, using tabs, rather than spaces, for column alignments and indents. Please call our office if you need assistance with formatting.
- Maps (custom): We have a large data base of maps here in the office. For very customized maps, such as those covering small land areas or having historical boundaries, you will probably need to provide us with a source map.
- Graphs: Data sets or plots on graph paper.
- Presentations: Your preferences for color, theme, and fonts; pictures you may wish to include; and typed copy.
- Imaging: Digital files of your presentation in PICT, TIFF or EPS format, together with b/w copies of each image. Please remember to schedule three working days for imaging.
- Titleboards: Title dimensions, required letter size and your preferences for type style and color.
- Artwork for Publication: Font preference, approximate dimensions for final published size and specs or samples from your publisher.
How will I be charged?
- For charged orders, we will need an IU account number, or you may pay by cash/check.
What are your charges?
- Visuals for use in the classroom are designed and produced for faculty without charge.
- All other artwork is billed on a time and material basis. Our current rate is $25/hr. Laserprints, transparencies and lamination are priced by the piece.
How do you handle production involving copyright-protected materials?
We always recommend that you secure permission from copyright owners before using copyright-protected materials; however, we evaluate requests for classroom visuals individually, in accordance with the 1976 Fair Use Guidelines. Information on the fair use guidelines is available here in the office, and we would be happy to send you a copy if you’d like to learn more about them. As a rule of thumb, we’re able to copy two or three images from any one source for use as overhead transparencies in an IU course.
Requests involving extensive copying should be referred to the IU Copyright Management Center, IUPUI for clarification.
