[Publib] Accepted Book Bindings & Charging Patrons for DonatedMaterial

[Kathleen McCorkle]

If we put a book on the shelf for check outs and someone loses it or damages
too bad to fix and use the book they pay replacement cost, which for us is retail
cost as we still have to process the new book.
I can just hear people saying "well they made me pay for a book but they don't charge some people"

Kathleen McCorkle
Sedan Public Library
115 N. Chautauqua
Sedan, KS  67361
620 725 3405
sedanlib at terraworld.net  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Deborah Wadleigh 
  To: publib at webjunction.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:14 PM
  Subject: [Publib] Accepted Book Bindings & Charging Patrons for DonatedMaterial


  I have a two-part question that I hope this helpful list can assist me with:

  First, as a rule of thumb, what type of book bindings do other libraries accept as donations and add to their collections?  Do you only accept library binding and/or those reinforced with book binding cloth?  Or will you accept books with glued bindings (such as the bindings on many book club books) and add them to your collection?

  Second, for any type of donated material you add to your collection, do you later charge patrons if they should damaged or lose it?  Or do you not charge the patron because the library didn't pay for it?  This question/debate keeps coming up at my library.  I thought what better place to turn than PUBLIB.

  Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated.

  Deborah Wadleigh
  Technical Services Manager
  Onslow County Public Library System
  58 Doris Avenue East
  Jacksonville NC  28540
  910.455.7350 x237
  Deborah_Wadleigh at co.onslow.nc.us


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