Tippecanoe County 79-2

Jurisdictions: Tippecanoe County Public Library, Other Reciprocal Borrowing Libraries

Topic: Local reciprocal borrowing agreement

Date: 1993 December

Purpose: To permit any person holding a valid resident borrower's card from any other library, which is a party to this agreement, to borrow library materials.

Function: Cultural and arts programs, Operation of libraries

Type: Cooperation

Organization: Multiple-party agreement (number of parties not specified but includes all public libraries in Indiana who also adopt this Local Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement). No governing board. Multiple supply: All libraries that are part of this agreement allow members of other library districts to borrow materials. (P. 1)

Duration: No mention

Financing: No mention

Administration: Library materials may be borrowed subject to the following conditions:

(1) Users of this agreement are expected to: a) conform to the rules of the library from which they borrow; b) present a valid resident borrower's card issued by their local library; c) pay promptly all delinquency or lost materials charges they incur.

(2) Participating libraries agree to assist each other in recovering materials.

(3) Participating libraries may exclude services such as interlibrary loan and may limit borrowing to certain classes of materials at their discretion, but as a minimum must allow borrowing of books in the circulating collection. (P. 1)