[Publib] "Teacher Loan Cards"

[Lisa Prolman]

We have teacher cards for teachers and home schooling parents in our town.  As we have a limited collection, we limit the number of nonfiction items in a call number to 3 (otherwise we get "wiped out").  Teachers get an automatic renewal on these items so they go out for 6 weeks rather than 3.  For the most part it works very well.  We are the largest library in our county, and the only one open 6 days a week, so we do get the occasional complaint from residents of the town who teach in other school systems, but even that is limited.
 
Lisa Prolman M.A, M.S
Assistant Director
Greenfield Public Library
402 Main Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413)772-1544
lprolman at townofgreenfield.org
 
"Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant."  Scott Adams
 
 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Ralston, Jennifer
Sent: Wed 11/14/2007 3:01 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] "Teacher Loan Cards"



Our library is investigating the idea of creating a teacher loan card to provide an additional service to teachers in our county. (I know that many other library systems have different types of teacher loan cards). I was hoping to tap into some of your expertise as part of my overall research.

If your library currently provides teacher loan library cards, would you be willing to share how they work? For example:

1.      Do you have a limit on the number of titles that can be checked out from a particular subject area? (There are concerns about whole sections being "wiped out" during heavy assignment times.

2.      What is your loan period? Longer than the normal loan period? Do you renew? 
3.      What do you do about fines/fees/lost items? 

Any other pearls of wisdom, etc? 

Thanks so much for any input you can provide. 

Jennifer Ralston 
Materials Management Administrator 
Harford County Public Library 
1221-A Brass Mill Road 
Belcamp, Maryland 21017 
ralston at hcplonline.info 
410-273-5600 x2273 
fax: 410-273-5606 

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