External User Fees - institions subsidizing their users

On the matter of external user fees, Lari Langford has just sent a note with our updated user fees. I also want to let you know that Ryerson Library will pay the borrowing, stack and computer access fee for their graduate students, faculty and staff, and this agreement will extend for the next three years. McMaster Library will also continue to pay this fee for the coming year. The Provost has also been successful in making an agreement with York to provide a partial subsidy for the access fee for York graduate students. The agreements for the coming year have just been concluded and will become effective September 1, 2010.

Carole Moore / Aug 31, 2010


Users requiring more information on their institutions subsidies, must contact their institution.

Allison Bell / Aug 31, 2010

New Borrowing and Access Fees for External Users

Beginning Sept. 1, 2010, fees for external borrower cards will increase to:

$250.00 - for 1 year
$160.00 - for 6 months
$100.00 - for 3 months
$110.00 - for Seniors (for 1 year)

These fee changes apply to Direct Borrwers (faculty, staff, and graduate students from Canadian universities) and to other external patrons who purchase Research Reader cards. There are no changes to the fees for Alumni borrowing cards.

Research Reader cards are issued at Reader Registration, Robarts Library, only. Direct Borrower cards are issued at Reader Registration, Robarts, and at UTM and UTSC libraries.

New, this fall, is a fee for access to the Robarts Library stacks. Short-term visiting researchers (i.e. faculty, staff, and graduate students from other universities) will be able to purchase a stack pass at the Information Desk, which can be used for up to 7 days. The fee is $20.00.

Those who wish longer-term access to the stacks, but who do not wish to purchase borrowing privileges, can purchase the Robarts Stack Access Card at the Reader Registration Desk. Issued annually, with an expiry date of September 30, this card costs $50.00. The card colour for this year is yellow and the expiry date is written on the card.

Full details about these new fees are outlined on the Reader Registration web-pages. Reader Registration staff have information about which Canadian universities are subsidizing the cost of borrowing or access cards. Please refer inquiries to these staff (416-978-7694).

Please note: Undergraduates from other universities, community college students, secondary and elementary school students are not eligible to become borrowers or to purchase stack access.

Direct Borrower Fees - exception for Ryerson & McMaster

Direct borrowers from Ryerson ( and McMaster) will have their charge paid for by their University. However, this will not change the procedure of sending people to Robarts Reader Registration for their renewal.

It may be that over time other institutions follow suit. In this regard, when sending direct borrowers to Robarts it might be prudent not to get into the discussion of charges at all. This is best negotiated by the staff of Reader Registration, who may determine, for example, that a person is eligible for an alumni card for a lesser sum than the direct borrower card.

Bonnie
Oct 13

Fees for Research Readers and Direct Borrowers

To Access and Information Staff and members of the Circ Services Committee,

In order to maintain our acquisitions and provide services to all researchers, we are announcing changes in the fees for library privileges extended to external borrowers, as of October 1, 2009. Graduate students, staff, and faculty borrowers from Canadian (i.e. Direct Borrowers) and other universities will be charged the same rates as Research Readers, which will be:

12 mos. - $200.00
6 mos. - $150.00
3 mos. - $75.00
Seniors (12 mos.) - $95.00

Direct Borrower cards will be issued from or renewed at the Reader Registration Desk at Robarts Library, only, now that fees will be charged. Please refer all eligible patrons to this service desk. The hours of service at Reader Registration are: Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please note that Direct Borrower loan privileges will be changed to be consistent with the Research Reader privileges: 14 day loan, with 2 renewals and a charge limit of 100 books.

Web-pages and brochures will be updated as soon as possible.

Please direct any questions to Lari Langford.


Thank you.

Lari
Sept 8, 2009

Updating Library Records

We will no longer update library records for anyone other than DIRBs and Continuing Studies students. Please refer everyone else to Perry Hall at Robarts.

Perry Hall - phone - 978-0942
- email - perry.hall@utoronto.ca
- fax - (416) 971-3131

Renata
(posted by S.Langlands)