[Publib] Question regarding overdue fines and restrictions

[Karen Mahnk]

As long as the patron owes either lates fees &/or books, they may not
use the computers nor borrow ant more books.  If the fine is very
small & very recent, a longstanding patron w/ no other issues may
have the rule waived - but if the book(s) have not been returned &
it's been some time, we're pretty steadfast w/ our restrictions. They
*can come & read the newspapers ;-)
-- 
Karen Mahnk,
Reference Librarian
Lake Park Public Library
529 Park Avenue
Lake Park, Fl., 33403
561 881-3330 Fax: 561881-3336
kmahnk at lakeparkflorida.gov
www.lakepark-fl.gov

On 5/3/07, Carrie Russell <crussell at alawash.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In response to a member query, ALA's Office for Information Technology
> Policy is collecting information on the trend described below. If you would
> like to share your library's experience with this issue, please send an
> email to Carrie Lowe (clowe at alawash.org), Information Policy Specialist at
> OITP. We'll post a summary with any responses we receive.
>
> Question: If your  library suspends checkout privileges when patrons receive
> a certain overdue fine threshold, does it also restrict access to computers
> and/or internet access? Does your library restrict access to anything else
> when a patron reaches this threshold? If you have a policy about this issue,
> what does it say?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
>
> Carrie Lowe
> Internet Policy Specialist
> ALA - Office for Information Technology Policy
> 1615 New Hampshire Avenue
> Washington, DC 20009
> 202.628.8410
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