Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.circplus
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:35:58 MST
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From:         Laurie Cardon <LIBLXC@VM.BYU.EDU>
Subject:      borrower fees

I promised you all that I would compile all the information I got about
community (and other) borrower fees and post it to the net.  The following
is an experiment.  I combined all the information I had into a PlanPerfect
table, and then edited it in WordPerfect (no endorsement here, just using
local products :-)  The table entries are necessarily brief.  Unless it
is otherwise indicated, the 'notes' column refers to the 'other' column.
Since most libraries restricted either the number of items that could be
borrowed or the length of the loan period, or both, I didn't record that.
I do still have all of my original data if any of you have further questions.

Here goes:

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               Community Borrower Fee Survey

UNIVERSITY      ALUMNI COMMUNITY CORPORATE OTHER  NOTES
Arizona State    free     $25.00           $20.00 Friends giving >$200,
                                                  Life Friends free
Auburn          $10.00    $25.00   $50.00         Alabama residents, 4
                                                  users/corporate card
Brown           $75.00   $400.00
BYU             $40.00    $50.00  $500.00+ ***    HS w/ referral $10 Sept-
                                                  May, Sr. Citizen $40,
                                                  local teachers free
                                                  (Corp base rate for 12
                                                  cards, ea add'l card $25)
U Connecticut             $25.00            free  Students at other state
                                                  institutions
U of Florida              no fee
U of Oregon     $18.50    $30.00  $100.00         Active alumni are free
Penn State     $105.00   $250.00  $650.00
Pitt            $50.00   $100.00
Princeton      $155.00   $310.00                  $120 community access,
                                                  alumni access free
Rice                      $50.00
Temple          $10.00    $25.00           $50.00 Community defined as
                                                  nearby zipcodes
U of Tennessee            $50.00
Tulane                   $250.00           $40.00 Other= educators, clergy,
                                                  alumni; 25 item limit
U C Davis                $100.00           ***    Associates $40 or $60,
                                                  non-UC students $25,
                                                  teachers free
U C L A          free    $100.00           ***    Friends $80; other
                                                  college students $50,
                                                  faculty free
U C Riverside             $65.00           ***    Senior Citizens $40; CSU
                                                  students $20 for 6 months
U N C Charlotte  free     $15.00           free   Other = museums,
                                                  consortium, in-state
                                                  schools; 3 week loan
U of Utah       $50.00    $25.00           $25.00 Friends
Utah State      $25.00                            Alumni includes spouse,
                                                  Honors HS students free
Vanderbilt       free     $40.00                  $20 to access, $15 buys 4
                                                  days of use during year
West.Washington $25.00    $25.00           free   Reciprocal agreement



Vanderbilt and Princeton both charge community borrowers for access
privileges, with an additional charge for borrowing privileges.  The
rest of the libraries that responded seem to be in the same general
ballpark, with fees ranging from $25-$100.  The variation seems to
be geographic, and probably correlates to the cost of living in the
various areas.

I would like to thank those libraries who responded to my question.
I plan to keep this table in my files, so anyone who wants to be added
to the data is welcome to send me their information as well.  Feel
free to write me if any of this information is unclear.

                                       Laurie

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