[ILL-L] Charging late fees for ILL items lent

[Megan Bayonet]

We do not charge overdue fines to other libraries who have borrowed our
materials.  All of our consortial agreements ban or strongly discourage them
and we didn't want the added hassle of trying to track whether we could bill
overdue fines or not.  We send our bill when an item reaches 60 days past
due and include a $15.00 processing fee, which covers the accrued overdue
fees and our time and trouble in trying to track down the item.
 
Megan Bayonet
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
mbayonet at mbc.edu
540-887-7317
 

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Jessica Harris
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:10 AM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Charging late fees for ILL items lent


Hello,
I have recently become responsible for ILL at my library and have noticed an
abundance of late fees in our system for books that we have lent to other
libraries. My question is this: Is it normal to charge borrowing libraries
for overdue items? We have recently received an invoice from another library
for an item that was 2 weeks overdue, so I just want to get an idea of other
library's policies concerning this issue. I would greatly appreciate any
help or advice you can give. Thanks!

~ Jessica



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