Self-Serve Photocopying & Printing

$0.40 per copy

Custom Photocopying & Printing

Members outside metropolitan Halifax are charged $0.40 per copy. Members within metropolitan Halifax are charged $1.00 per copy.

Please note that all photocopying and printing is subject to copyright laws and license provisions. Printing from WestlaweCarswell’s LawSource requires the requesting member to complete a LawSource Declaration if one is not currently on file.

To request custom photocopying or printing, contact Library & Information Services staff by telephone at 902-425-2665 (BOOK) or toll-free at 1-866-219-1202, by fax at 902-422-1697, or by e-mail at nsbslib@nsbs.org.

Delivery by Mail, or Pick Up 

For a service charge of $6.00, custom photocopying and printing can be delivered to members by regular mail. Members who wish to pick up custom photocopied or printed material will also be charged a $6.00 service fee.

Delivery by Fax

Material can be faxed at a cost of $1.00 per page, plus a $10.00 service charge.

Delivery by E-mail

Material already available in an electronic format can be sent by e-mail at a cost of $3.00 per document, plus a $6.00 service charge. Material requiring conversion into an electronic format can be sent by e-mail at a cost of $1.00 per page, plus a $10.00 service charge.

Members outside metropolitan Halifax may contact the Barristers’ Library in order to borrow circulating material. This material will be sent out the same day, whenever possible. The Barristers’ Library will incur the cost of couriering books to members, while members will bear the cost of returning the books.

Overdue / Lost Books

Members who do not return overdue material after three reminders will be invoiced for the cost of the material, plus a $25.00 service charge. Members who return the material after being invoiced must still pay the $25.00 service charge.

A service charge of $60.00 per hour for reference and research requests may be applied at the discretion of the Director of Library and Information Services.

Generally speaking, straightforward reference and research work does not incur the hourly service charge, however, in the case of complex case law, statute, or literature research, such charges may apply.

Members can use the Barristers’ Library’s fax machine to send material anywhere within Halifax at a cost of $1.00 per page, anywhere within Nova Scotia at a cost of $2.00 per page, and anywhere in Canada at a cost of $3.00 per page. Members can have material faxed to them at the Barristers’ Library at a cost of $1.00 per page.