[Publib] amnesty for fines

[Kevin Okelly]

We have an amnesty month (usually in the spring, but there's no reason it
couldn't be around the holidays). No one needs to bring in anything except
their overdue items. We recover a lot of books, dvds, and cds that way,
and it generates quite a bit of goodwill.

Kevin O'Kelly
Reference and Cataloging Librarian
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143
(617)-623-5000


-----Original Message-----
From: "Gayla Tennison" <GTennison at burlesonlibrary.com>
To: <publib at webjunction.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:19:05 -0600
Subject: [Publib] amnesty for fines

> Does anyone do a fine amnesty around the holidays? If so, what are the
> guidelines? I am trying to convince my boss to allow me to waive fines
> up to $5 for people who bring in a toy for a local charitable
> organization. They have their own form of the angel tree program.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Gayla Tennison
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> Burleson PL
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