The Madison Public Library allows reproductions of materials from Special Collections for the purposes of research, scholarship, teaching, news reporting, criticism, or comment.

Madison Public Library makes no representation of copyright ownership for the non-digital materials in Special Collections. For example, copyright ownership of Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Acme, or United Press International (UPI) photographs may still remain with those organizations.

Organizations and individuals seeking to use materials for publication must obtain permission directly from the appropriate copyright holder.

The Madison Public Library requests that all materials from Special Collections that are to be used in publication include a complete acknowledgment, including the name of the collection or photographer (if known). A minimum credit line should include either “The Cleveland Press Collection”, “Madison Public Library”, or “Special Collections, as appropriate.

CLEVNET Upgrades!

On 2/10/25, starting at 9pm EST, you might experience intermittent interruptions with the catalog as CLEVNET conducts system upgrades. CLEVNET expects the upgrades to be completed overnight.

The Catalog and CLEVNET App are currently down.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Library will be closed today

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