Home Page 
Acts Index Manual Contents
| 68-005 | Rental Fee | 3-18-95, 4-2-48 |
The Chairman of the Library Committee will be allowed to
charge a nominal fee for the use of books.
| 68-022 | Waiving of Rental Fee | 3-18-95, 10-7-50 |
Requests concerning waiving of the rental fee on library books
should be put into writing, giving reasons, and signed by the
person requesting books, to be kept on file by the Chairman of
the Library Committee.
| 68-026 | Binding Periodicals | 6-21-52 |
Five sets of all NSS periodicals (except Grotto publications)
will be bound for the Library.
| 68-097 | Foreign Societies | 6-23-97, 6-24-60 |
The Operations Department is authorized to release, at the
discretion of the Librarian, non-current JOURNALs and NEWSes to
foreign speleological societies who forward their complete sets
of publications to the NSS Library.
| 68-165 | Policy | 11-14-64, 3-18-67 |
The Society should have a Library and it should be in the
overall plan for a National Headquarters. The Library is to be a
collection devoted solely to speleology and closely related works
and the existence of the Library is for the benefit of the
members. A paid, part-time librarian should be considered for the
future.
| 68-268 | Exchange Agreements | 6-23-97, 3-23-74 |
The Editors of the NSS NEWS and the JOURNAL and Librarian of
the NSS are permitted to enter into exchange agreements between
the NSS and other publications, subject to the approval of the
Executive Committee. All Exchange publications which are decided
will be retained by the Society will be forwarded to the Library
for cataloging and shelving.
| 68-424 | Publications Lending Library | 6-29-84 |
A Publications Lending Library is established at the office to
be administered by the staff. Materials in the Publications
Lending Library shall consist of publications donated to the main
library which result in the number of copies of any specific
publication in the main library exceeding two. Materials in the
Publications Lending Library shall be lent only to NSS members in
good standing.
| 68-440 | Publications Lending Library | 3-23-85 |
Policies and procedures for the Publications Lending Library
have been established. (See Appendix K)
| 68-560 | Duplicative Materials | 3-16-96, 3-18-95 |
The Operations Vice-President is authorized to loan
duplicative material in the NSS Library to other speleological
libraries provided that the loan is made under a written
agreement that requires the materials to be preserved and
returned upon request. The OVP is authorized to sell, loan or
give away duplicative readily available speleological material
not required by the NSS Publications Lending Library and
non-speleological material.
| 68-564 | Library Committee | 3-16-96, 7-21-95, 3-18-95 |
The Library Committee is established in the Operations
Vice-President’s department to manage and maintain the NSS
Library. The Librarian shall report to the Library Committee and
may be a member of the Committee. Thechairman of the Library
Committee shall be responsible for the maintenance, care and
cataloging of existing printed or published historical materials
as well as the acquisition of significant printed or published
material that may become available.
| 68-622 | Library Donations | 11-7-98 |
The NSS Library may not accept donations or gifts with
stipulations or conditions unless a suitable endowment
accompanies the donation. The Library, with the approval of the
Operations Vice President, has the right to donate, sell,
auction, or give away any book or item in its inventory as
necessary for the maintenance of the library, unless an endowment
accompanied the item.
| 68-738 | NSS Library Goals | 3-15-03 |
It is the goal of the NSS to make the NSS Library more accessible and valuable to the NSS members by providing members internet access to:
1. A digital catalog of all books, periodicals, and other items in the library with an on-line search engine that allows Internet users to search the resulting data base for key words in the publication's author, title, subject, publisher, date of publication/copyright fields to determine waht publications may have the information sought and whether those publications are in our library.
2. A searchable index of topics covered in each issue of the NSS News, NSS Bulletin, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, and Speleo Digest.
3. A search capability for A guide to Speleological Literature of the English Language (with permission of the copyright owner).
4. A digital (PDF, Adobe e-books, etc) collection of
publications for which the NSS has copyright permission (Journal
of Cave and Karst Studies, NSS News, Speleogenesis,
Cave Minerals, On Call, On Rope, On
Station, Caving Basics, etc.) which members can
download for a specified period of time.
| 68-739 | NSS Library Collection Guidelines | 3-15-03 |
The NSS Library collection guidelines are, in priority order:
1. NSS Publications
2. NSS Internal Organization publications.
3. Scientific and technical publications on cave related tepics
and caving activities.
4. Publications on caves and karst in the United States and
related acitivities.
5. Publications on caves and karst in North America and related
activities.
6. Other publications and documents on caves and karst and
related activities.
The principal focus is collecting publications in the English language.
The NSS Library Committee Chairman or his designated agent is
responsible for deciding which specific publications to acquire.
| 68-751 | On-Line Library Committee | 3-20-04 |
The On-Line Library Committee is established in the Operations Vice President's Department of make the NSS Library more accessable and valuable to the NSS members by providing members Internet access to:
| 68-780 | Library Donation | 11-4-06:8 |
The NSS will donate one copy of NSS-published books in stock in the NSS Bookstore
to the Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology to aid in replacing
the library destroyed by fire. Additionally, the NSS will endeavor to acquire
donations of issues of the NSS News and the Journal/Bulletin to complete
two sets of back issues, and send to the Institute. The NSS will cover the cost
of shipping the publications to the Institute, up to $2000. The Operations Vice
President will be responsible for coordinating these projects.
| 68-790 | Library Appraisal | 07-27-07:38 |
The Operations Vice President is directed to obtain an appraisal of the NSS Library. The OVP is authorized to spend up to $5000 for the appraisal.
Cross Reference
41-788 Karst Information Portal
9-15-07
Home Page Acts Index Manual Contents