Showing posts with label stack pass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stack pass. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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.