Olivia S. Anastasiadis wrote: We do not charge an administrative loan fee; we would like to avoid that. Again, if a lender charges us, we will remember them and avoid them if possible. Or, if they come calling, we'll repay the favor. >>>>>>>>>> I think that Olivia brings up a very good point about the effects of charging for a loan. If a museum does want to charge us, it might cause a few bad feelings and be bad public relations--but the Nixon Library has always been really nice to us! :-) We keep a list of museums to whom we will not loan things because they've acted in an unprofessional manner. While adding a museum to that list simply because they charged us for a loan would be wrong, we'd probably send out a loan to such a museum with a bit of departmental complaining, and it probably wouldn't be our highest priority--hey, we're only human out here in Iowa! Museums that are nice, friendly and cooperative get quicker attention than those who aren't. Remember you catch more flies with honey than vinegar! Christine Mouw Assistant Curator Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum West Branch, Iowa 52358 [log in to unmask]