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At the Toledo Museum of Art, we not only lend to staff, but we lend to
Museum members, members of our library support group (The Museum Library
League) and to students in the art department of the University of Toledo
(with a current quarter validation).  The Library is in the UT building
(state-owned) which is attached to the Museum (privately endowed) and we
have served as the University's art library for 75 years.  We do not lend
periodicals, sales catalogues, vertical files, or catalogues of exhibitions
and collections to anyone but staff, nor do we lend materials over a certain
cost, etc., etc. to anyone but staff.  And even those materials just listed
don't go out of the Museum building with staff.  Sure, a few sneak out.

There are problems and there are some who wish we did not circulate anything
to anyone, but that is not our tradition.  I think we are in a real minority
and am interested to see other answers on the List.

Anne O. Morris
Toledo Museum of Art
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>I am putting together information about policies regarding borrowing
>rights in art museum libraries.
>
>I am interested to know whether other libraries permit:
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>        internal borrowing [within the building]
>        external borrowing [take books home etc]
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>for the following categories:
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>        permanent staff
>        part-time permanent staff
>        temporary or casual staff
>        voluntary guides/docents
>        other volunteers
>        interns
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>Any comments of the reasons for your policies would be appreciated.
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>Please reply directly to me at:  <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind9612%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7BIT7BIT%26P%3D199920%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplaintext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
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>I shall be happy to consolidate the answers for the list if others are
>interested.
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>Thank you
>J. Margaret Shaw
>Chief Librarian
>National Gallery of Australia Research Library
>GPO Box 1150
>Canberra ACT 2601
>Australia
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>Telephone: 61-(0)6-240 6532
>Fax:            61-(0)6-273 2155
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