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Date: Wed, 4 May 2005
From: "Lori Sugden" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: MAPS-L:  Maps loan periods?

Hi Katie--

We circulate maps and airphotos to undergrads for 4 weeks and to
grads/faculty/staff for a term (Sept-Apr or May-Aug, all loans renewable up
to 5 times).  Everyone is guaranteed a 7 day loan, but the items can be
recalled after that.  This is in keeping with book circulation policy, and
there are automated courtesy notices a few days before items are due.

Things to consider:
- lower circulation,
- less wear and tear on the maps,
- less time spent filing and following-up on overdues,
- people with term loans may have an item for over 2 years--a very long
time,
- few people want to recall maps,
- this collection is only about 2% fully catalogued, so browsing through the
maps in the drawers is often the best way to find them--unless they're on a
long loan.

I too find that people feel more positive about the library with longer
loans.


Lori Sugden, Map Curator
University of Victoria Libraries
McPherson Library - Map Library,
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3H5

[log in to unmask], phone (250) 721-7356
http://gateway.uvic.ca/dept/map/map.html

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From: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum
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Date:  Tue, 3 May 2005
From:  "Kathryn Lage"
Subject: Maps loan periods?


Here at the University of Colorado at Boulder, we circulate most of our maps
for 14 days. (Pre-1950 or rare/fragile maps do not circulate. CDs circulate
for 2 days.) We are considering changing the circulation period for
faculty/staff/grad students to 4 weeks. What do those of you who have
circulating collections do?

Thank you.
Katie

Katie Lage
Map Librarian
University of Colorado at Boulder
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
184 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-735-4917 FAX: 303-735-4879
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/map/



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