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Dear Collective Wisdom, Currently here at the RISD Library we charge fees for use of our photocopiers but we do not charge patrons for use of our scanners. We have a couple of self-service flatbed scanners and a self-service face-up scanner in the public areas of the library. These are used heavily, especially the face-up scanner that allows patrons to email the images to themselves. In Special Collections and Archives usually only staff handle scanning requests for our more valuable and fragile materials, using a large Book Eye face-up scanner. Often these scanning requests take quite a bit of staff time to complete. Occasionally we allow students to use this non-public large scanner for architectural drawings or other large flat artwork, but it takes staff time to train users. We are thinking that it may be time to start charging a fee for scanning. Do you charge any fees for scanning in your library and if so, what amount do you charge? Is there a fee for self-service scanning or just if staff are required to do the scanning? Do you have a limit on how many scans you might allow for free and then charge for any in excess of that? If you started charging for scanning, was there a great deal of resistance if you had previously not charged a fee, and if so, how did you present this policy change to your patron community? If you have any policies/procedures that you have found successful in your library that you would care to share, we would be very grateful. Thanks so much, Laurie Special Collections Librarian Curator of Artists' Books Fleet Library at RISD 2 College Street Providence, RI 02903 401-709-5927 [log in to unmask] http://library.risd.edu http://risdspecial.wordpress.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~