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- From: muthu@mecad.uta.edu (S.N. Muthukrishnan)
- Subject: A brief questionnaire about library policies in your university: Followup
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.142217.21549@utagraph.uta.edu>
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- Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:22:17 GMT
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- Hello everyone,
-
- Thanks to all those who responded to by _brief_ questionnaire. One
- of the persons who had replied wanted to know the intention of the
- survey.
-
- Our University has a new policy that does not let students check out
- any journal of any kind. The copies are 10 cents each. So I thought
- that it was worth noting what other schools do regarding this. I feel
- that students should be allowed to check out journals (bounded, at the
- least) for a certain period of time. The complaint that the officials
- have is huge fines that accumulate due to late journals. Before this
- policy was introduced the fine was 1 cent a minute. Students appeal
- such huge fines and get them waived invariably. But what they do not
- realize is how much more damage will be caused to journals. Since this
- policy was introduced I have myself seen atleast 50 pages ripped off
- three journals. Is this new policy worth such nuisance?
-
- Cheers,
-
- Muthu
-
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