1. and GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS

2.  Security  Taking up resources ◦ Computer workstations ◦ Librarians assistance  Borrowing materials that may be needed for faculty and students  Space

3.  Access ◦ All information resources that are provided directly or indirectly by the library, regardless of technology, format, or methods of delivery, should be readily, equally, and equitably accessible to all library users.  However, ALA has acknowledged the difficulties involved in full access and has provided guidelines for creating restrictions

4.  “Only impose restrictions on the access to, or use of library resources, services or facilities when those restrictions are necessary to achieve the library’s missions and objectives and attempt to balance competing interests and avoid favoring the majority at the expense of individual rights, or allowing individual users’ rights to interfere materially with the majority’s right to free and equal access to library resources, services and facilities.”

5.  Columbia University ◦ It is our goal at the Libraries to provide excellent service to students and faculty that will advance each user’s learning, teaching, and research experience at Columbia and we strive to support library users anytime and anywhere. Our success is enabled by the outstanding staff that builds and manages the collections and technologies and provides strong and innovative services across the Columbia Libraries.

6.  USC ◦ The USC Libraries actively support the discovery, creation, and preservation of knowledge. We develop collections and services that support and encourage the academic endeavors of faculty, students, and staff; build a community of critical consumers of information; and help develop engaged world citizens. Through these means, we contribute to the continued success of the University of Southern California.

7.  University of Chicago  Loyola University  Syracuse University  New York University  Columbia University, NY  Boston College  Stanford  University of Miami  Vanderbilt  Northwestern

8.  Government Depository?  Restricted Access? If so, what are the hours  Do guests need to sign in?  Computer Access to general public  Time restraints for computer access?  Borrowing Privileges for general public

9.  All were Government Depositories  Columbia University ◦ issues a pass for Gov. Docs. only  U of Miami ◦ Can only use Gov services area

10.  All the time ◦ U of Chicago ◦ New York University ◦ Columbia University  Unless you purchase a readers card or a metro courtesy pass  Partial ◦ Loyola ◦ Boston College ◦ Vanderbilt ◦ Northwestern

11.  No restricted access ◦ Syracuse ◦ USC  No info or not clear ◦ Stanford ◦ University of Miami

12.  All institutions have guests sign in ◦ At Library Privileges ◦ Front desk  University of Miami – Pay to enter and depending on what you pay you may or may not have access to a computer  All institutions have computer access

13.  U of Chicago ◦ $75 quarterly access for unaffiliated researchers  Syracuse ◦ Yes, for borrowing privileges  NYU ◦ Alum get 3 free visits, then pay to become a library friend for building access  Columbia ◦ yes: Reading- $55, Borrowing $100 month, $500 yr.

14.  Stanford ◦ general public have 7 free visits per year after that they can purchase access privileges (vary by affiliation & length of use)  University of Miami ◦ One day - $5, One week - $20, Four month - $75, One year - $150, One year borrowing permit - $300  Northwestern ◦ $50 quarterly for Evanston resident or visiting scholar/researcher