On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:51:27 -0500  Robin Lipp wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, samantha pawley wrote:>
>Snip, re loan fees: Are these
>> fees mainly to protect copyright, or for the service rendered? What
>> would the going rate be? Are there any other problems to consider?
>>
>> Thank you kindly,
>> Samantha Pawley
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>Samantha, I can't speak for other museums/libraries, but our fees are

to
>help offset the costs of preparing the objects for loan and producing

the
>documentation.
>
>Robin Lipp
>Collections Manager
>The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
>
Loan fees are administrative-cost fees, for services rendered.  They
have nothing to do with copyright.  They are not fees for reproduction

rights.
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Name: amalyah keshet
director, visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Date: 03/26/96

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