[ILL-L] Do you let your alumni borrow books?

[Ian D. Gordon]

Colleagues:

We allow alumni access to borrowing, interlibrary loans and access to non-restricted databases. This is an excellent promotional resource that has minimal impact on collections and services.

A tricky question is to know " When do libraries ask alumni patrons to validate the accuracy of  their patron records?" Do libraries send out e-mail notices to this effect in anticipation to dropping records, wait until an anniversary date, on an annual basis every July 1st, only when requested?

Ian Gordon
Brock University Library

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of ebirnbaum at pace.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:31 PM
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Subject: [ILL-L] Do you let your alumni borrow books?
Hi,
This is a question for academic libraries only. Here we have been grappling with the question of whether to let our alumni borrow our books. I would like to ask what were the policies in other colleges and universities. We fear that, since we don't have any sway over them, we may lose some of our books if we lend them to alumni. If you are lending, do you do so free of charge or in return for a contribution or a fee?

I will be grateful to hear from others.

Thank you,
Elisabeth Birnbaum
Pace University Library
New York City
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