About Digital Collections

Copyright

Images in digital collections created by the University of Arkansas Libraries are protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Information provided here is not offered as legal advice. Researchers and publishers must take appropriate steps to avoid infringement of copyrights in light of their intended use of specific materials. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. Legal responsibility for securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use protected items.

Reproductions

Digital Collections images are generally at 72 dpi; to request a a higher resolution scan at 150 or 300 dpi, please complete and submit our online Scanning Request Form. Fees may apply.

Permissions

Visitors are welcome to download and use the images from Digital Collections for personal use, within copyright guidelines. Most reproductions of library material are provided to patrons solely for the exclusive personal study or research use of the individual patron.

Permission to publish items from Digital Collections should be requested from the University of Arkansas Libraries. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. Each patron requesting a reproduction assumes full responsibility for infringement of copyright for any subsequent use exceeding fair use.

Any commercial application or other wide distribution of copyrighted material (including posting to general access web sites) is generally not fair use and requires the consent of copyright holders.

To request from the University of Arkansas permission to publish images from these collections, use our online Permission to Publish Form.

Why Scipio?

The server “Scipio” is named in honor of Arkansas’s premier African American attorney, Scipio Africanus Jones (1863-1943) of Little Rock.  Born a slave in southwest Arkansas during the Civil War, Jones moved to Little Rock after getting a rudimentary education.  He later pursued college coursework in Little Rock, and he became a lawyer in 1889.  For the next six decades Jones was the leading black lawyer in Arkansas, his most famous case being the exoneration of twelve men unjustly sentenced to death in the aftermath of the Elaine Race Massacre of 1919.