Onsite Access to Library Collections by Visiting Scholars [microform] / Nancy D. Anderson and Patricia F. Stenstrom
- Bib ID:
- 5526978
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Anderson, Nancy D
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989
- 155 p.
- Summary:
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Documentation supplied in this kit demonstrates how research libraries provide services to visiting scholars as distinguished from other categories of external user. A "visiting scholar" is most often defined as a faculty member affiliated with an institution of higher education but the term may also include independent scholars and persons affiliated with non-profit research institutions. Results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries demonstrate that scholars connected with higher education institutions may have access to all ARL libraries and their in-house collections. Occasionally the library may limit the use to a restricted time period, for example, seven days. Reciprocal (consortial) agreements among libraries allow visiting scholars to borrow material and gain access to collections; it is viewed as both an extension of interlibrary loan and as part of the libraries' responsibility to each others' faculty. In general, the policies which govern in-house use for visiting scholars are much the same as for affiliated scholars; the only apparent difference in policy pertains to circulation policies. Nearly all visiting scholars incur fees for photocopying services, interlibrary borrowing, and online search services. Although short-term access to library collections is almost invariably free, fees are generally charged for long-term access. Included in this kit are a summary of the survey results and materials from more than 40 libraries and related agencies which include definitions of a visiting scholar, library policy statements, and documents supporting specific reciprocal borrowing agreements on the national, regional, and local level. (MAB)
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- Availability: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 ($20.00).
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1989
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