Does anyone out there have any policies regarding the use of their archives' reading room or research area that they would be willing to share? Our Reading Room is being increasingly used for other departments' staff meetings, retreats, poetry readings, meals (!), you name it. We are trying to rein this in a bit for a variety of reasons (can you say "no food in the archives"?), but need to present the powers that be (some of whom are the culprits in this case) with our reasoning and an idea of what other institutions do would help. Thanks! Lianne Keary College Archivist Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>