-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Facility Use Fees
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:20:05 -0700, Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:19:09 -0700
From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
It's university policy here that we must
charge non-UC users (or UC users working
on non-UC projects) for services provided
(salary+benefits, plus overhead),
and we do have heavy use of our
air-photo collection by non-UC users.
Prices for searches and reproductions
are basically $65/search and $15 for
digital copy; details are at:
http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/services/imagery_search_info.html
http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/services/repro_options_NON-UC.htm
Two thoughts that quickly came to mind
on this:
a. are the air photos out of copyright,
or if they are copyrighted is the copyright
held by your university?
b. what is the University of Wisconsin's
policy on use by non-UWisc users?
A notable exception to the charges we make
is of course the U.S.-depository
map collection; and just generally speaking
we don't charge for map use unless it's
going to involve relatively large amounts of
staff time.
Mary
Angie Cope wrote:
> 2 replies below ...
>
> Subject: Re: Facility Use Fees
> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:01:37 -0400
> From: Frank Wihbey <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
> CC: Jaime Stoltenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
>
> Jaime:
>
> The amount of time using our facilities doesn't' matter. If the person
> is eligible for the facility or service and if we don't ordinarily
> charge for the given facility or service, then there is no fee. Anything
> else (temporary use of an office,
> borrowing equipment, temporary "charge" account for photocopying, etc.)
> is negotiated in a contract.
> Conversely any service we don't offer to outsiders, especially the
> initiation of interlibrary loans is not offered. (We refer them to their
> company library or municipal library for that.)
> We view them as potential allies and friends and send their company
> names to our university development office, figuring the favor will come
> back in a much larger proportion than through nickel-and-dime fees.
> About copies of the final product... the important question is what his
> final use will be. Assuming the material he's using is in the public
> domain, then there should be no objection to at least asking for the
> scan files. Sometimes our outside
> researcher offer it on their own, to return the courtesy. On the other
> hand we have people come in who are going to make a value-added product
> out it. In that case they would be understandably reluctant to give you
> their files. But then it would
> be perfectly fine to ask them to acknowledge your library in the final
> publication. Good publicity and good will.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> F r a n k
>
> Frank Wihbey
> Head, Government Publications, Maps, GIS & Microforms Department
> Tri-State Regional Document Depository
> Canadian Federal Government Document Depository
> GeoStats Spatial & Numeric Data Service
> Raymond H. Fogler Library
> University of Maine
> Orono, ME 04469-5729 USA
> Voice: 207-581-1681
> Fax: 207-581-1653
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Department's web pages:
> http://library.umaine.edu/govdoc
> http://library.umaine.edu/census
> http://library.umaine.edu/geoscan
> Personal web page: http://library.umaine.edu/staff/wihbey.htm
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Facility Use Fees
> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:59:46 -0700
> From: Matt Fox <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> :
>
>
>
> I can speak from the other side of the fence. I'm a consultant that has
> spent a lot of time in historic aerial photo libraries researching old
> aerial photos, etc. for environmental reports.
>
> Usually if library staff has to be involved with pulling and refiling the
> photos, the libraries charge a fee. Either an hourly rate or flat fee of
> around $50-$75. There are some libraries that make some good money
> off of
> this. For example, University of Oregon map library charges $80 per
> location, and they will pull the photos, scan them, and post them on a
> FTP
> for consultants. You might also check out Whittier College Library in
> southern California. They charge $75, and I think they do a lot of
> business.
>
> Sounds like the consultant you have is scanning your entire collection
> for
> commercial purposes. Commercial companies charge about $80-$125 to
> provide
> historical aerial photos to consultants, so that should give you an
> idea of
> the value of the service.
>
> Matt
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Facility Fees
>> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:25:09 -0500
>> From: Jaime Stoltenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious if other University Map Libraries charge for use of library
>> space by non-University patrons. We have a representative from a
>> private company that works out of our library 8 hours a day everyday.
>> We have given him space to do his work (primarily utilizing our historic
>> aerial photograph collection) and have not charged any fees or asked for
>> anything in return (i.e. copies of the scanned imagery, etc.). Can
>> anyone share their experiences working with consultants from private
>> companies or firms?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jaime
>>
>> --
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Jaime Stoltenberg
>> Map and GIS Librarian
>> Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
>> Department of Geography
>> University or Wisconsin-Madison
>> 550 N. Park Street
>> Madison, WI 53706
>> Phone: (608) 262-1471
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>> web: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib
>>
--
Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Director, Map Library
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
USA
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voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk
fax: 805/893-8799
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