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This page is for requesting photos or images for things in or related to the British Library (see the project page GLAM/BL). If you find an image that can be uploaded with a suitable free licence on Commons, please add a link and mark the request as {{done}}.
The image needed may exist somewhere on Wikimedia Commons. Relevant images can be can be found at Commons:Category:British Library. If the image has living people in it, then the guidance of Photographs of identifiable people applies.
The British Library has expressed a willingness to help with supplying some images of an appropriate resolution where possible. Do not hesitate to make requests direct to the Museum if images cannot be found elsewhere, but bear in mind that staff are new to Wikipedia and may be uncertain how to proceed. If you want to take and donate the picture yourself then thank you, but it would be wise to leave the tripod at home and most exhibits in the British Museum will not have photography allowed. Photographing items in the collection is strictly against policy for readers and images created by the British Library reprographics department will automatically have protection by contract, though images that have been provided by other staff may have no copyright applicable. Loading images into commons is best but another site like Flickr is OK as long as the license is attribution only. (Share alike is the only other acceptable addition to a donated picture).
If you are looking for help with the content of a hard to find reference, you may find WP:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request a useful alternative noticeboard.
Further guidance on taking photographs (where permitted) in museums, advice on behaviour and some of the issues with licensing is available at Museum photography.
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