Topic: Lending/Borrowing Philosophies and Terms of Use and Loan Periods  Facilitator: Colleen Deel, Bemidji State University Questions to Consider and Discuss: ILL/RS Philosophies  What are your Lending and Borrowing Philosophies? For example: Lending periods International lending and borrowing? Renewals How hard will you try to find a lost or mis-cited request before rejecting it? Terms of Use and Loan Periods What are your terms of use?  Would you be interested in voluntary, opt-in standardized loan periods?

Topic: The discussion for the first meeting will largely be a check-in after a summer of not meeting, as well as getting a sense for what people want to discuss at future meetings this year.  The informal agenda will include: Summer updates: projects, news, helpful resources you encountered over the summer, etc. COVID: how is your institution handling policies and safety protocols this year, and how are they working/not working for your library?  Is it making reference and instruction work easier […]