The Copyright and Production Services section of the Museum provides delivery of, and copyright clearance for, media assets (images and audiovisual material) to internal and external clients.
Activities of Copyright and Production Services include:
1. Sourcing media assets (images and audiovisual material) for use within the Museum (for instance exhibitions, publications, schools programs, media campaigns)
Copyright and Production Services assists by locating media assets, negotiating the Museum's use of media assets and acquiring media assets in an appropriate format. The section also arranges copyright, trademark and cultural clearances. Additionally, Copyright and Production Services assists Museum staff to search internal databases and clarifies any copyright or cultural clearance issues.
2. Sourcing National Museum of Australia media assets for external clients
Copyright and Production Services will supply external clients with images where the Museum owns the copyright in the image. In doing so, Copyright and Production Services seeks to ensure that the Museum's copyright is correctly used and acknowledged. Copyright and Production Services also seeks to ensure that third party images held by the Museum are not unintentionally and erroneously released. See the pricing schedule for a schedule of fees for external clients for the use of images owned by the NMA.
To process an external request, Copyright and Production Services need information on purpose, use and details of the media asset.
The Museum reserves the right to refuse to licence any image or to limit any use of any licensed image. Where possible, all image requests are processed within four weeks.
External clients can request images by completing an external media asset request. This form is available under 'attachments' below.
3. Managing media assets
All media assets, including images and audiovisual material, are managed through our database. This allows Copyright and Production Services staff to catalogue digital media and acts as a central management database. Cataloguing of media assets includes format, rights, usage, storage and other management metadata along with tracking usage and loans of media assets.
Further information
Photography
Many photographs, especially those recently taken, are located at the Museum's photography section. The photography section has a large archive of photographs of Museum events, performances and shots of the Museum itself. Many of these images are not catalogued and Copyright and Production Services liaises with the photography department to locate these images.
Acknowledgments
The publishing department of the Museum has developed some standard guidelines when acknowledging and captioning images. This document is available under 'attachments' below.
Contacts
Copyright and Production Services
National Museum of Australia
GPO Box 1901
Canberra 2601
Australia
Telephone Numbers
Tel +61 2 62085150
Fax +61 2 62085331
Email image@nma.gov.au
Attachments
- External image request form (PDF 39kb)
- Image acknowledgements (PDF 68kb)
- Pricing schedule (PDF 99kb)