Chris! When we drastically liberalized two years ago our policy for lending
out videos, we decided to extend such privileges to our alumni. Possibly
because parking is so difficult on campus here, we find that few alums--
our "Trojan Family"-- avail themselves of this privilege. What use that
does come
from alumni is usually from those looking to make use of our rather rich
collection
of documentary films--many of which are often not readily available even
here in the
LA area. As far as I know, we have never had an alumnus check out a dvd
and not return it or return it grossly overdue. The alums seem to
greatly appreciate
the service.
Cheers,
Anthony
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Anthony E. Anderson
Social Studies and Arts & Humanities Librarian
Von KleinSmid Library
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
(213) 740-1190 <tel:%28213%29%20740-1190> [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
"Wind, regen, zon, of kou,
Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou."
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Chris Lewis wrote:
Half of our collection is for student home use but we don't extend
that to alumni for various reasons - mostly financial and that it
falls outside of our mission. Yet we loan books to them so I'm
softening. Any useful feedback?
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