10.121.703    ARCHIVES LOANS

(1) In no circumstances shall loans of archival materials, including original photographs be made to institutions or individuals other than members of the state records network.

(2) Inter-library loans of archival materials to other units of the state records network are subject to the follow-ing conditions:

(a) Materials shall be hand-delivered to the institution requesting the loan and shall be returned in the same manner.

(b) A professional staff member at the borrowing insti-tution shall be directly responsible for care of the materi-als.

(c) The materials shall be used only in the library of the borrowing institution.

(d) All other restrictions on the materials as detailed by society policy, where applicable, shall be enforced by the borrower.

(3) State archives materials are not subject to loan except to the agency depositing the records. Such agencies shall have the right of removal for necessary office use.

(4) Original photographs shall not be loaned from the society's collections. Patrons are required to purchase a copy print for their purposes. Exceptions to this may be made in the case of donors or depositors.

History: Sec. 22-3-107 MCA; IMP, Sec. 22-3-107 MCA; NEW, 1981 MAR p. 767, Eff. 7/31/81.