'''Proposal: The Society should make the Library collection publicly accessible, preferably through a library facility open to the public on a regular schedule.'''
Presently, mail loans [[Library Loans]] have recently been banned authorized to resume by the Board, but . A pilot program is in place to develop data on the President has ordered a review level of this programinterest, volume of loans, and costs. At present, it is limited to Augustan members and recognized public and academic libraries.
We recommend that the mail program be resumedcontinued, but perhaps using the Inter-Library Loan System. Circulation should 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.'''
Long range goals for collection development should include:
* # Completing sets now held only in part (e.g.: one of several volumes)* # Books and publications reviewed in Society publications* # Obtaining current editions of items held* # Books and publications cited in Society publications (including affiliated publications such as ''JAMS'')* # Books, articles, and theses written by Augustans* # News articles and other material about Augustans
In all of this, balance among the five Augustan subjects should reflect the needs of the membership as represented through those departments, supplemented by requests from various [[Study Groups]].