At the University of Georgia Map Collection we are in much the same situation as Peter has at Oregon. We have almost complete air photo coverage of Georgia from the late 1930's to the 1980's. We have very heavy usage of those photos by non-university and off-site users. This usage is increasing rapidly and is putting heavy strain on our staff. We have not charged fees for searchs, only the current copy room costs for copies. The UGA Libraries are not under heavy financial pressures and currently operates under a open service philosophy. That means the fees we do charge are limited to normal per-page copy room charges and postage. To give some idea of the environment, last year patrons lazer printed for free over 1 million pages off our Galileo system printers. The Director did not want to allow this free printing, but no workable way could be found to charge for the printing, before we put the system into production. The Galileo system is a University System-wide Web based catalog and database (over 100 databases) access system. I assume the UGA Libraries will go into a more fee based system in the future and that the Map Collection will go to something like what Peter has at Oregon. His proposed fee structure is in line with our costs here at Georgia. You might consider a related case, Sanborn map reference and copying. The Map Collection here at Georgia has the Sanborns for the state of Georgia. We have added to the large group of materials we received from LC many years ago. This gives researchers the capability to search city sites in the state of Georgia from the 1880s to the 1980s when you combine our Sanborn and Air Photo holdings. The Sanborn collection gets very heavy usage, almost on the same level as the air photos, and the same type of search and copy reference work. The Sanborns reference is more complex as parts of the collection is still under copyright. The Sanborn Mapping and Geographic Information Service in Pelham, NY, ((914)738-1649) states it holds the copyright on the Sanborn maps and offers a search and copy service for the maps. The cost of that service is (as of Sept. 1994) $35 to do a search to see if they have a map of a site, and then $30 for a copy of the map of the site. If you need more than one map for the site the charge goes to $65 for the site. Most searchers would pay around $100 per search and copies. I think this commercial company is doing the same thing Peter is doing at Oregon for about the same cost. I did a paper years ago for a NACIS meeting where I developed the cost for most procedures and storage in a Map Room. I think Peter is probably under-costing his operation. I am sure most commercial companies using his Map Room think they are getting a great, cheap, deal. John Sutherland Curator of Maps University of Georgia Libraries