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We are only just beginning to deal with this problem. Books checked out for
museum related research are sometimes lost and have been replaced by the
department involved.  I would like to make this practice official and
I hope someone has come up with a policy for this too.

Our Personnel Office is supposed to notify the library as soon as a staff
member has given notice, but doesn't always. Some staff are contractual and
so we don't always find out when they've completed their assignments. We've
thought about devising a form (to be signed by a department head) giving
borrowing privileges to volunteers and interns.

Recreational reading is another matter but so far we have not had any
losses from this activity.

I hope you will post your findings to the list, and thank you for raising
the issue.



Eugenie Candau
Library
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA  94103-3159

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