La. Admin. Code tit. 25 § VII-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-501 - Information and Loan Services

A. Information and loan services include:

1. filling requests for information; for specific titles, by specific authors, and for material on a particular subject;

2. verifying and locating books and/or other materials not in the State Library collection for direct borrowing by the requesting library;

3. making referrals to other sources;

4. selecting books, periodicals, and other materials for purchase to meet demand, and to develop the collection;

5. making or ordering photo copies, or microform prints, for all authorized users and borrowers;

6. compiling bibliographies;

7. instructing patrons in the use of the State Library.

B. Limitations on services include:

1. not performing genealogical research;

2. assisting but not providing extensive research for students;

3. assisting, but not searching indexes where available to patrons;

4. not borrowing books on genealogy, juvenile books, popular fiction, best-selling nonfiction likely to be in current demand, medical or legal texts (except for a member of the medical or legal professions);

5. not borrowing from an academic institution for a student of that institution.

C. Charges for Service. Services are free except for photocopying and microform prints. The charge for this service is $0.25 per exposure; a minimum of $1 is charged for mail orders.

D. Use of Gumbo Digital Images are subject to fees as listed below:

Entity	Use	Price per Image
Individual	Personal/Educational	$10
Non-profit	Editorial Film/video/advertising	$20 $50
Commercial	Editorial Film/video/advertising	$50 $100

NOTE: Rates and fees will be less than local commercial pricing and may be adjusted as needed to keep up with general business practices. In addition, the state librarian may make exceptions to fees as deemed necessary. The existing price structure as well as the Request for Permission to use is on our website.

La. Admin. Code tit. 25, § VII-501

Filed by the Louisiana State Library at the Office of the State Register, December 11, 1974, amended by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, State Library, LR 36:2539 (November 2010), LR 39:69 (January 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Adopted in accordance with R.S. 25:9.