[Genealib] Obituary look-up policy

[Julie Bartlett]

Our obit look up fee is $5 plus $0.25 per page.  For more than an obit, city 
directory listing, etc. it reverts to our off-site reference fees for 
non-residents.  These fees were put in place in May 2004.  We do have 
objections to fees and the number of requests has gone down a bit, but we 
also just don't have the staff time to keep up with the number of requests.
http://www.forbeslibrary.org/policies/research-fees.shtml
OFF SITE REFERENCE FEE
For all phone and mail research questions in the Calvin Coolidge 
Presidential Library, Local History and Genealogy, the patron will be 
charged $20 per hour for any research taking longer than thirty minutes. 
Copies will be billed at $.25 each. For Genealogy ONLY, all questions by 
phone or mail will be charged $5.00 plus $20 per hour for each hour after 
thirty minutes.
There is no charge for on-site research assistance. Copies made by the 
patrons will cost $.10 each. Copies made of Special Collections material by 
the librarian will cost $.25 each.

http://www.forbeslibrary.org/policies/research-fees.shtml

Julie H. Bartlett
Archivist
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum
Hampshire Room for Local History
Forbes Library
20 West St.
Northampton, MA  01060
(413) 587-1014
jbartlett at forbeslibrary.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patty O'Connor" <poconnor at marysvillelib.org>
To: <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:16 PM
Subject: [Genealib] Obituary look-up policy


>I would like to know what policies other libraries have regarding obituary
> look-ups and other research services you may or may not provide. Do you
> charge a fee? Do you require just a self-addressed, stamped return 
> envelope?
> Do you have a restriction on the number of requests that can be made at 
> one
> time? What do you do with requests that require extensive research? If you
> do charge a fee, how much income is generated through these requests?
>
> We do not currently have a policy, and I need to convince our director 
> that
> one is needed. Thanks for your help.
>
> Patty O'Connor
> Head of Adult Services & Reference
> Marysville Public Library
> 231 S. Plum Street
> Marysville, OH  43040
> 937-642-1876, ext. 32
> poconnor at marysvillelib.org
>
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