Manual of Library Economy: Third and Memorial EditionBrown, James Duff
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Manual of Library Economy: Third and Memorial Edition
Brown, James Duff
Libraries -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Library science -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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FIG. 134.--Front of Voucher for Non-Ratepayer Applicant (Section 368).
In some libraries the guarantee form has been entirely abandoned in
favour of a recommendation which carries with it no explicit liability
for losses.
The vouchers for non-ratepayer applicants should be dealt with in the
same way as those for ratepayers, viz., checked with registers and filed
in the alphabetical order of surnames, after tickets have been made out
and an entry made in the number book.
=369.= It will be seen that the vouchers illustrated permit any borrower
who desires it to acquire a non-fiction or duplicate ticket in addition
to a general ticket. The more general practice has been to require a
separate voucher to be filled up (and guaranteed in the case of
non-burgesses) for every such ticket. In this case the voucher requires
no separate wording, but the word “Duplicate” or “Non-Fiction” stamped
boldly across the ordinary voucher is sufficient to indicate the
difference. But there seems no special advantage in making the applicant
go through this double process. The same holds good with regard to
vouchers for those who make a deposit in lieu of obtaining a written
guarantee, or who subscribe in terms of Rule 18. The words DEPOSITOR OF
. . . . . . or SUBSCRIBER OF . . . . . . and the date can be written or
stamped on the back of the card. Of course there is no reason, beyond
avoiding a multiplicity of cards, why a library should not provide
separate forms for every class of applicant, with differently coloured
cards, etc., but it seems unnecessary, unless there are special local
circumstances to be considered.
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