COOPERATIVE LIBRARY AGREEMENT
Laredo Community College
Texas A&M International University
Laredo Community College and Texas A&M International University, adopting a common goal to promote and facilitate access to information, communication, and research available in their respective libraries, will extend free reciprocal borrowing privileges to each other's faculty, students, and staff, so they may have direct, personal access to library materials that are not available at the home institution. The covenants below are intended to accomplish this goal. Generally, this agreement for on-site use and direct circulation of materials will preclude
interlibrary loan service between the college and the university. However, the library directors or their designees may make exceptions in special cases to fax material or arrange interlibrary loan of items. This agreement will become effective on the date of signature of the officials of the covenanting institutions.
A preliminary point should be emphasized before the covenants of this agreement are set forth: This agreement should in no way be interpreted as conferring rights on any borrower. The agreement is for privileges that may be revoked at any time by the borrower's home library or withheld by the lending library.
THE AGREEMENT
1.
SCOPE
The libraries to which this agreement
applies are the libraries of Laredo
Community College and Texas A&M International University.
A.
"The faculty, students
and staff to which this agreement
applies are the faculty,
students
and staff of Laredo Community College and Texas A&M International
University.
B
The tenDs faculty, student and staff refer to individuals identified and/or defined as such by their home institutions.
.
c.
PRIVILEGES
2.
Any eligible faculty, students
and staff of Laredo Community College and Texas
A&M International University may use the collections of the counterpart
institution, and upon proper identification (college or university ill card), borrow
materials that they may take away with them. The circulation policy of the
lending library, not the patron's home library, will be applied to these transactions
including circulation periods, fine policies, replacement
policies, and restrictions
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or charges for damages
or replacement
of items at his/her home library or the
lending library may be denied participation in this program.
3.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF BORROWERS
A.
Present appropriate identification as required by this agreement. Items must be physically checked out in person by the ill cardholder at the lending library.
B.
Return items physically, directly to the lending library within the loan periodprescribed by the lending library. I
c.
Observe
the regulations
of the lending library.
D.
Return materials immediately and directly to the lending library if recalled by the lending library.
E.
Pay fines or any other charges assessed by the lending library including charges incurred as the result of late return, damage or loss of materials.
4.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIBRARIES
A.
Each library will maintain at the circulation desk and distribute to patronshandouts detailing its major circulation policies which apply to transactions under this agreement. The handouts should outline privileges, but also note if there are any restrictions on the use of collections or types of materials or services.
B.
Each library will inform the other if any significant changes in circulation policy such as circulation periods or fine policies are being considered.
c.
The lending library will take available and appropriate
actions to recover payment
from delinquent
borrowers. The lending library will collect overdue and lost item
charges,
according
to its fme policies, on return of the overdue item(s) or
notification of the loss of the item. The lending library will bar patrons with
outstanding
charges
from circulating items at the lending library until the fine is
paid.
D.
Each library will prepare
a report at the end of each semester
(by an agreed-upon
date) of the charges
owed it by the other library's patrons. After this report has
been sent, the patrons' home libraries will be responsible for collecting
outstanding
charges. The patrons' home libraries will place holds on delinquent
patrons until the fines are paid.
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E.
Overdue monies will accrue to the library which collects the fine. Replacement charges referred to the home library and collected there will be remitted by the home library to the lending library.LIAISON AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION
5,
Each library will appoint a liaison for this cooperative library program. Duties of the liaison include promoting the program locally, providing information on the program and insuring that the policy handouts are available, administering the program at the library, and resolving individual problems. Problems or iss1,les of a broader scope should be resolved between the library directors or their designees.
REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT
6.
A.
The details of this agreement may be amended by agreement between the two institutions. At the end of three months from the effective date of the agreement, a joint committee from the two libraries will review the agreement to determine if any amendments are advisable. Thereafter the agreement will be reviewed at least once annually.
B.
It is understood that this agreement may be terminated at the end of anyone-year period (calculated September I-August 31) at the option of the participating libraries. Notice of intent to terminate participation must be made in writing to the library director of the other library not later than 60 days preceding the date of intended termination.~~~~~
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To:
Rodney Webb, Killam Library Director, Texas ~~&M International
University
Tom LaFleur, Library Director 71P'iJ
April 21, 1999
Fram:
Cooperative Library Agreement
It was a pleasure speaking with you this morning concemin~1 the Cooperative Library Agreement between Laredo Community College and TI9xas A&M International University. Per our agreement, the contract is woricing fine, and we will continue to make book borrowing privileges between our libraries acc:essible to our students. faculty, BOO staff. Therefore, please c:onfirm this mutual agreement by
acknowledging this memo.
Thank you for your assistance and support.
Sincerely 1
TEXASA&MINTERNATIONALUNIVERSITY
A Member of The Texas A&M Universily System
Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library
To:
Tom LaFleur, Library Director, Laredo Community College
Rodney M. Webb~ary
Director, Texas A&M International University
From:
Cooperative
Library Agreement
Subject:
April 21, 1999
Date:
This is to acknowledge your memo dated April 21, 1999 and in reference to the cooperative library agreement in effect between our respective institutions. As stated in our previous telephone discussion on this topic, I believe that the agreement is mutually beneficial to the students and faculty of Laredo Community College and Texas A&M International University. I also believe the provisions of the agreement are still sound and useful in defining this
cooperative service. Therefore I am glad to confirm that Texas A&M International University supports continuation of the agreement and appreciates the cooperation of our neighboring institution. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance related to the cooperative agreement.
