> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 11:34:19 -0400 > From: Paige Lilly <[log in to unmask]> > Should we begin charging, I would > like us to be in line with the practices of other museum libraries or > research archives. Hmmm, what does that say about your reason(s) for charging? I.e., if you plan to charge for something, shouldn't those charges be based on the _needs_ that you determine must be satisfied by the charges? I would think that the "needs" shouldn't be that "others charge, so why not us?" Perhaps your reference to "intellectual control" holds the key to your reason for possibly charging, and you believe that other libraries have found the charging rate that gives that intellectual control? Wild speculation on my part; can you clarify why you might choose to charge? Peter