Comments on: Library Overdue Policies in the News http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/27/library-overdue-policies-in-the-news/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/27/library-overdue-policies-in-the-news/#comment-1553 Brian Herzog Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:18:09 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1004#comment-1553 @Heather: I know. We do charge for lost or damaged items, just not overdue materials. It all depends on the library’s community, but not having to fight about fines is truly a great thing.

]]> By: Heather http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/27/library-overdue-policies-in-the-news/#comment-1552 Heather Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:23:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1004#comment-1552 I enjoy this conversation I had today and funny it kind of pertains to the blog entry:

Patron: I need a library card

Me: (after looking up previous account) you owe us 71.00 dollars in lost materials

Patron: Oh, that stuff doesn’t go away?

Me: Umm no.

It boggles my mind the idea of not charging library fines…..sad to say I don’t think we would have much of a collection left. We went to a collection agency two years ago and had an amnesty week prior to this, and sadly we did not receive much back in way of materials.

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