[Publib] Legal action for large fines?

[Linda Cannon]

We use Unique Management for collections. We also limit 1st checkouts to
2 items, saving us unknown hundreds of items over the years.
 
Linda Cannon
Collection Development Librarian
Joplin Public Library
 
 

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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:35 PM
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Subject: [Publib] Legal action for large fines?


You know the folks - they get a new library card, check out top videos
and books, and you never see them again.  

Besides sending them letters (that return to sender), do you have any
legal procedures in place?  As a patron, I seem to recall my old library
eventually served offenders a warrant.  Do you do something similar, if
your library is an arm of your local government?  Do you turn it over to
a collection agency?

As a librarian and a taxpayer (we have voted to tax ourselves for the
library), this drives me nuts.

Thanks for your views.

Cynthia


Cynthia Organ RN MLIS
Reference Librarian
Bulverde/Spring Branch Library
830-438-4864

"We are born owning many qualities; some we may never know we possess.  
It all depends on what kind of run God gives us."
Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough


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