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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Our library sytem has forms called "exit permits" - really special permission forms - which allow us to domanual checkout of non-circulating materials, including periodicals. The form provides space for call number, time checked out, due time, borrower's name and id number, title if desired, and staff initials. It is in duplicate; one copy goes with the volume, one stays in the library. This system works very well. We have a new system (Inovative Interfaces) which allows us to check out the p eriodicals online, but have chosen to stick with the old system for two reasons: we have better control over due times and can follow up easily on overdues, and it makes the borrower more aware that this is a special privilege. We have talked our copy service into providing a color copier at this site, so requests are less frequent than they used to be - though the desire to digitize illustrations is adding back more requests. BERNA E. NEAL Architecture/Environmental Design Library, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287 (602) 965-7422 [log in to unmask]