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Re: How Many Photocopies is too Many?
I have found that it is not unreasonable to have a written statement among
your reference and access policies to the effect of "The Archives reserves
the right to refuse photocopying requests deemed to be exhaustive of time
and/or staff resources."
I know it sounds overly subjective, but I have not yet heard anyone take
issue with it.
Bill Jackson
Senior Archivist
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
3700 W. Juneau Ave.
P.O. Box 653
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0653
-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Kilmarx [mailto:bkilmarx@BINGHAMTON.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:26 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: How Many Photocopies is too Many?
I think this question has been recently discussed, but I need some
help. Last fall, an out-of-state patron requested 1000 photocopies from
a collection. A grad student was hired, and the photocopying was done.
Now, the patron would like the remaining folders copied (ca. 2000 more
copies). In all, the 6 folders or 3000 items constitute the entire
correspondence of one area, but a small percentage of the collection.
What is standard practice in other Special Collections and/or archives.
Do you make this many photocopies for a patron? We haven't had this
question before and would like some suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Beth Turcy Kilmarx
Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Special Collections
Binghamton University
bkilmarx@binghamton.edu
(607) 777-4844
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