-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Circulating paper topos and damage policies Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:24:16 -0500 From: Stanton, Stephen <[log in to unmask]> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship' <[log in to unmask]> Ours circulate but only for teaching and research (not bear-hunting, going after Sasquatch, &c.) and if they leave the building they go out in a tube, which we also charge to the patron. If they come back folded or marked, the patron has to replace it with a new one. For older maps, we want both the older map and the replacement because we don't supersede as revisions come out, the change over time being useful information. Stephen Stanton Geology Library University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211 (573) 882-4860 -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Circulating paper topos and damage policies -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Please post on MAPS-L Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:23:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Linda Marston <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Hi everyone, Our library checks out our paper USGS topo maps and other over-size maps to patrons. We notice that the maps often go out of the library as nice, flat maps, but come back with penciled notes on the backs or folded and dirty from use in the field. We are considering creating a hand-out to include with all maps checked out to patrons. The handout would have instructions about what patrons can and can't do with the maps, and remind them to take care of our maps and return them in the same condition as they were in when checked out. I'm wondering if there are any libraries that have tried something like this for their circulating paper maps? Does this work to protect the maps from abuse or misuse? Are patrons charged to repair or clean-up returned maps? We're interested in obtaining ideas or policies that anyone wants to share with us. Thanks for your thoughts and ideas. Linda M. Marston Digital Collections Hale Library Rm. 414 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 ///(785) 532-5989 [log in to unmask]