Purpose of SAMP

The South Asia Microform Project shall acquire and maintain, for the common use of subscribing institutions, a readily accessible collection of materials in microform related to the study of South Asia. The collection will be formed and maintained as a cooperative enterprise through library subscriptions which will entitle the subscribing libraries to borrow material in microform copy from the pool for their use locally. Materials will be collected both through the filming efforts of the project and through the purchase of positive copies of materials filmed by other groups, institutions and companies.

Organization

• Any institution or non-profit organization maintaining a library may become a subscribing member of the project by paying the appropriate annual subscription. A subscriber may drop out of the project simply by giving written notice of its intention to withdraw by March 15 of the subscription year. For as long as the project shall last, such a subscriber shall retain the privilege of borrowing from the pool of microforms, on the same terms as may apply to paid-up subscribers, all microforms acquired during the member's subscription period.
• The project will be administered by The Center for Research Libraries, which will bill and receive the subscription fees. From the fees received it will acquire the films, house them, circulate them to subscribing libraries in accordance with the policies outlined below, and pay all other expenses of the project.
• There shall be a SAMP Committee consisting of one representative from each subscribing institution wishing to be represented which shall meet annually in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. The official business of this Committee will be conducted by mail ballots.

  It shall be the function of the Committee to:

  1. Establish annual fees.
  2. Determine and approve any major changes in acquisitions policy.
  3. Elect members to the Executive Committee from among its membership.
  4. Advise the Executive Committee as to its wishes in matters related to the acquisition of material to be added to the pool.
• There shall be an Executive Committee which shall carry on the business of the Project between annual meetings which shall consist of 4 elected members, one representative of the Library of Congress, one representative of the Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation (CONSALD), and a Project Administrator from the staff of The Center for Research Libraries. A Chairperson shall be elected from among the members of the Executive Committee to serve a two year term and to continue to serve as a member of the Executive Committee for one additional year after the expiration of his or her term as Chairperson. The elected members of the Executive Committee shall represent subscribing members of the project and shall be made up of two classes, serving two years each.

1. Election of the Executive Committee

   The Executive Committee shall appoint a nominating committee within sixty days after the annual meeting. The nominating committee shall solicit recommendations through written communications with the full membership and on the basis of these recommendations shall circulate a ballot with the nominees at least thirty days before the annual meeting. The new officers will take office immediately after the annual meeting. Should a vacancy occur on the Executive Committee between elections, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee may appoint a member of the SAMP Committee to fill the vacant position for the remainder of the unfilled term.

2. Duties of the Executive Committee

• To elect a Chairperson and Secretary from among the members of the Executive Committee who shall serve both the Executive Committee and the project.
• To determine the acquisitions of the project in accordance with the recommendations of the full committee.
• To make recommendations to the full committee concerning policy.
• To carry on the business of the project between the meetings of the full committee.
• To circulate the minutes of each Executive Committee meeting and the annual meeting of the full committee to the subscribers in not more than 60 days after said meeting.

Rights and Obligations of Subscribing Members

• Subscribing institutions have the right to borrow from the pool any positive microform acquired by the project for the year, or years, for which the subscription has been paid. (Subscribers outside North America may be subjected to such restrictions as are necessary for guaranteeing the rapid and safe movement of borrowed film.)
• A subscriber will also have the privilege of purchasing for its own use, at the cost of printing, a positive microform copy from any negative acquired by the project, unless the negative is so restricted as to make duplication impossible.
• Subscribers will receive regularly issued lists of materials acquired by the project.
• The borrowing institution will pay transportation and insurance charges on materials borrowed and will reimburse the project for any damage or loss of film that occurs while the film is in the subscriber's custody. The amount of film to be borrowed by any one institution at one time shall be limited to reasonable quantities and loan periods shall be limited to a reasonable time. In case of duplicate requests for the same material, the loan period may be limited to insure prompt access for the second institution.

Subscription Fees

• A member of the project shall pay an annual subscription fee. The fee shall become due and payable in full on July 1st of the subscription year. The subscription year shall run from July 1st of each year to June 30th of the following year.
• The subscription fee may be changed by a majority vote of subscribing members paying the full fee at the time the vote is taken.
• Special fees may be established for foreign institutions and for smaller institutions. Institutions paying such smaller fees as might be established will have no representation upon the full committee or the Executive Committee.

Access to Project Material by Non-Members

• Positive microform copies acquired by the project will not be lent to non-subscribers, and subscribers may not borrow such material on behalf of non-subscribing libraries. However, nothing shall prevent a subscriber from borrowing such material for use in the subscriber's library by a visiting scholar from a non-subscribing institution.
• Non-subscribers may purchase a positive microform copy for their own use from any negative owned and controlled by the project for the cost of the print plus one-third the negative cost. Additional income to the project from such sales will be used to increase the scope of the project.

Ownership and Project Termination

• The assets of the project shall be the property of The Center for Research Libraries with the understanding that subscribers to the project shall always have the right to borrow from the Center any positive microform copy acquired by the project and to buy their own positive print from any negative owned and controlled by the project for only the cost of making the positive print.
• In the event of termination of the project, subscribers to the project shall continue to have the same right of access as above to all microforms acquired by the project during its existence.

Amendment of Prospectus

• A proposal to amend this prospectus may be made by any member of the SAMP Committee, but to be considered during the current year the secretariat must be informed of the proposed amendment at least 90 days prior to the Annual Meeting.
• Not-less than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting, subscribers will be notified of the proposed amendment.
• Within 60 days after the Annual Meeting ballots will be sent to all subscribers on the proposed amendment. In order to be approved the amendment must receive 3/4 of the votes of those responding within 30 days.

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