Generally, submit one complete copy of the work if unpublished, two complete copies of the best edition if the work was first published in the United States, or, for certain types of works, identifying material instead of actual copies.
Selecting individual items below will display deposit requirements. The chart should be viewed only as a basic guide. The items are only examples and are not meant to be restrictive.
Advertisements (pictorial)
Artwork for bed, bath, and table linens or for wearing apparel (For example: heat transfers or decals already applied to T-shirts)
Blueprints, architectural drawings, mechanical drawings, diagrams
Book jackets or record jackets
Commercial print published in newspaper or other periodical
Commercial print or label (For example: flyers, labels, brochures, or catalogs used in connection with the sale of goods or services)
Contributions to collective works (photographs, drawings, cartoons, etc., published as part of a periodical or anthology)
Fabric, textile, wallpaper, carpeting, floor tile, wrapping paper, yard goods (If applied to a three-dimensional work, see below)
Fabric emblems or patches, decals or heat transfers (not applied to clothing), bumper stickers, campaign buttons
Greeting cards, picture postcards, stationery, business cards, calendars
Maps or cartographic material
Patterns, cross-stitch graphs, stitchery brochures, needlework and craft kits
Pictorial or graphic works (For example: artwork, drawings, illustrations, paintings)
Pictorial or graphic works fixed only in machine-readable form
Posters, photographs, prints, brochures, exhibition catalogs
“Limited edition” posters, prints, or etchings (published in quantities of fewer than 5 copies, or 300 or fewer numbered copies if individual author is owner of copyright)
Oversize material (exceeding 96" in any dimension)
Artwork or illustrations on 3-D objects (For example: artwork on plates, mugs)
Fabric or textile attached to or part of a 3-D object (such as furniture)
Globes, relief models, or relief maps
Pictorial matter and/or text on a box or container that can be flattened (contents of container are not claimed)
Prints or labels inseparable from a three-dimensional object (for example: silk screen label on a bottle)
Sculptures, toys, dolls, molds, relief plaques, statues
Sculpture (for example: doll) in a box with copyrightable pictorial and/or textual material; claim in sculpture and artwork/text
Oversize material (exceeding 96" in any dimension)