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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Ursula Kolmstetter wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear ARLIS museum colleagues, > The Indianapolis Museum of Art has a noncirculating library. Only staff > with individual offices can check out library materials. Since the library > has lost too many items over the past years for a noncirculating library, I > want to make the library accessible to museum staff (including curators) > only during the times when _library_ staff are present, Monday through > Saturday from 9am-5pm and Thursdays until 8pm. > I would like to know how you handle accessibility to the library by staff? > Can they use the facility only when library staff are present, or are they > also allowed to use it when no staff are there? What happens if a curator > wants to do research on a Sunday or late evening and wants to use the library? > I would have fewer problems if only curators would be able to use the > facility after hours. But here we have to treat staff equally, i.e. > curators cannot have any more privileges than other staff. > > I have to defend this policy of restricted accessibility to staff (although > I think we have extensive opening hours). I would be grateful for your > thoughts on this subject. > > Best regards, > Ursula Kolmstetter > Head Librarian > Indianapolis Museum of Art > Only library staff, the Museum Director, and curators have access to the Library after hours. This seems to work out just fine. Good luck, Cynthia Barth Head Librarian Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute