You may want to contact the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ. They have a box lending program for schools and educational organizations with some policies in place. -Michele On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Bill Obrochta <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To All- > > We are developing history boxes to lend to schools and libraries in > conjunction with an upcoming exhibit. It cost us about $2,500 to outfit > each box, and we need to develop a series of policies and rules that cover > things like who can borrow the boxes, what penalities do we assess for > lost/damaged items, how long should the borrowing period be, etc.,etc. > > Does anyone have policies/procedures that you are willing to share? Feel > free to respond off list. > > Bill > > > William B. Obrochta > Director of Education > Virginia Historical Society > P. O. Box 7311 > Richmond, VA 23221-0311 > Phone: 804-342-9651 > Fax: 804-355-2399 > www.vahistorical.org > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" > (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).