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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
>
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