Here at NOMA there are no penalties for keeping books overdue, and some of our curators have sizeable collections in their offices. When a book is needed I can request it (with varying degrees of success) or send the user to the curator's office to use it there (which works out very well.)
I have never had a problem with Interlibrary loan items, but I do give a very strict lecture about returning books on time, damage to books etc. before I hand those over.
Let me know what other people reply - I would like a good idea to deal with this issue as well.
Sheila
Sheila A. Cork
Librarian
New Orleans Museum of Art
City Park
1 Collins Diboll Circle
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123
504-658-4117
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--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Alison Huftalen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Alison Huftalen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Faculty and Staff Overdues
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 8:53 AM
Hello,
I was wondering what actions you and your library take in the case
of long overdues (multiple years) for faculty and/or staff of your
institution. Beyond frequent notices and explanation of why materials
need to be returned, does anyone have in place any repercussions for
their faculty and staff? Does anyone revoke any privileges at the
library such as borrowing until items are returned?
Also, I was curious about basic borrowing privileges at museum and/or
closed stacks libraries for faculty/staff, what materials do or do not
circulate? How long are borrowing periods? Is there are a limit to the
number of materials that can be checked out? Are there limits to
renewals?
Thank you for any thoughts you can share,
-Alison
Alison L. Huftalen
Head Librarian
Art Reference Library
Toledo Museum of Art
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