---------- This request ties in somewhat with the recent request for photo policies which came from the Rogers Historical Museum. Some four or five years ago I, too, contacted several museums for assistance in setting up a slide lending fee schedule. The replies which I received showed fees to be all over the place. We settled on relatively modest charges, I think, - $5.00 to borrow an image (not-for-profit and for-profit alike) with an extra charge of $100.00 to publish in a for-profit publication. We also offer a 30% discount if 6 or more images are borrowed/used. As a public institution, charging fees is relatively new to us (we implemented an admission fee only about four years ago) but we are having to face up to fiscal realities and are considering charging fees for additional services. But what? TO THE POINT: What fees are being charged by museums "out there"? What services do you charge for? Who is charged and who is not? Who collects these fees? Do you have flat rates or do you charge by the hour? Do you make items from your collections available as "props" (e.g. for a store window)? What sort of revenue sharing/royalty arrangements have you made? What pitfalls have been encountered? Some specifics we are looking at: fees for photography in the collections, fees to lend, fees for data, royalties. I welcome any and all relevant comments. If you wish to send them directly to me I would be happy to summarize for the list or, if you feel this topic is worthy of discussion, I will be monitoring the list for replies. Thanks in advance to all who can assist. Maggie Ballantyne [log in to unmask] Collections Manager Ph: (403) 453-9191 Provincial Museum of Alberta FAX (403) 454-6629 12845 - 102 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5N 0M6 P.S. I am relatively new to this list (July). If this topic has already been discussed could someone please tell me when and I can attempt to pull it out of the archives. Thanks again.