[ILL-L] Replacement Fees and ILL

[Glenn Canner]

It can be normal practice for a library to have a "flat rate" for lost book fees, usually approximating the average price to re-purchase and re-catalog a book.  Some libraries will accept a newly purchased replacement copy, in which case the borrower will typically be charged only the processing fee.  

Glenn Canner 
Manager of Resource Sharing 
Gelman Library 
George Washington University 
2130 H Street, NW 
Washington, DC  20052 
(202) 994-0629 voice 
(202) 994-1340 fax 
gcanner at gwu.edu 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robin Quinn <RQuinn at sjpl.lib.mo.us> 
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 1:22 pm 
Subject: [ILL-L] Replacement Fees and ILL 
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv <ill-l at webjunction.org> 


> Hello, 
>   
>  I was just wondering what the general consensus is on replacement fees 
>  on damaged or unreturned ILL's.  My latest case is a book that I FINALLY 
>  got back from a patron only to discover it has some pretty severe 
>  "liquid" damage.  The invoice I received from the lending library billed 
>  us $100 for the cost of the book and a $20 processing fee.  The problem 
>  I have with this is that the price they paid for the book is written 
> on 
>  the inside cover ($15.50 in 1986 FYI).  My question is, is it normal 
>  practice for a library to charge 6 times the value (the 1986 value mind 
>  you) of the book when replacing it?  This is not a rare book.  It is 
> for 
>  sale for 19.99 on Amazon.  Thoughts? 
>   
>  Robin 
>   
>   
>   
>  Robin Quinn 
>  Interlibrary Loans 
>  St. Joseph Public Library 
>  927 Felix St. 
>  St. Joseph, MO 64501 
>  (816) 232-7729 
>   
>    
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