I have asked this question in the Archives List, so please excuse the duplication if you read both. At the Penobscot Marine Museum, we are considering charging a user fee for visiting researchers in the Library. We have a wide range of users and the library is open five days a week year round with no appointment necessary. Our "intellectual control" of archival resources is inconsistent but constantly improving. Should we begin charging, I would like us to be in line with the practices of other museum libraries or research archives. An informal survey was taken at last year's Maritime Librarian's meeting and as I recall no one in attendance had such a fee. Thanks for any input regarding onsite user fees. Paige Lilly, Archivist/Librarian Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport, Maine voice: (207)548-2529 e-mail: [log in to unmask]