Order digitisations
Renovating UB
We digitise, copy, photograph, and scan material from the University Library's collections.
Extended delivery time
Our delivery times are currently longer than usual.
This is what you can order
We digitise many materials, including books, newspapers, posters, photographs, postcards, and manuscripts.
The material must be a part of the University Library’s collections, and you must request the material before you can hand in the order.
Be advised that non-copyrighted material may be made freely available to all users via our digital collections.
These are the prices
| Scanning and photography* | Price per page |
|---|---|
| Material from the Special Collections Reading Room and our collections (newspapers not included). Page smaller than A2. | SEK 5 |
| Newspapers (any size) and material with pages larger than A2. | SEK 100 |
| Material that is fragile or difficult to handle. | According to agreement |
*If the material appears more challenging to handle than expected, we reserve the right to claim it as such. In such cases, we will notify you before we commence the work.
| Prints of scanned material | A4 | A3 |
|---|---|---|
| Black and white | SEK 5 | SEK 5 |
| Colour | SEK 100 | SEK 100 |
This is how we deliver the material
We will email you a download link to the files, or you can pick up the prints at UB.
We deliver the digital format in a high-resolution OCR-interpreted PDF. You can also get high-resolution TIFF images.
We usually deliver ordered work within a month, but the delivery time can be longer for more significant work.
The request form is available at the University Library
You will find our request form at the information desk on floor three and in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Contact
info [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se