All activities of the Library Department fall under the control of this Committee unless the [[Board]] or Librarian has created another Committee and charged them with responsibility.
==The Facility==
See [[Facilities Vision]] for gross goals.
'''Proposal: The Society should obtain sufficient Library furnishings to house the collection accessibly, with due regard to long-term preservation.'''
==The Collection==
'''Proposal: The Society should make the Library collection publicly accessible, preferably through a library facility open to the public on a regular schedule.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should study if resumption of the mail loan program is feasible, and the fees appropriate to offset both expenses and losses.'''
Presently, mail loans have been banned by the Board.
We recommend that the mail program be resumed, but be limited to duplicates and titles easily replaced if lost. They should be limited to Augustan members at first to see what reasonable rules and fees might be.
'''Proposal: The Society should study if resumption of the mail loan program is feasible, and the fees appropriate to offset both expenses and losses.''' The collection should cover all five Augustan subjects, plus ancillary topics found useful, such as maps, style guides, and some general encyclopediae. Efforts to balance the collection should largely come from the five major departments.
Long range goals for collection development should include:
* News articles and other material about Augustans
In all of this, balance among the five Augustan subjects should reflect the needs of the membershipas represented through those departments.
==Article Solicitation==
The Department, either through the main Committee, a sub-committee, or a designated officer, will solicit articles on this subject for the [[Augustæum]], in cooperation with the [[Augustæum Editor]].
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