[Publib] re: fishing poles

[George Hazelton]

Best tackle the licensing concerns first.  In many states a fishing license
is required for residents above a certain age.  Seniors are often exempt.
Non-residents face differing requirements.  For private property generally
speaking no license is required but I'm sure your public library doesn't
qualify there.  

 

Plus who's liable if someone hooks, not a fish, but themselves or another
fisherperson?  Who's going to enforce creel limits, number and size of
catch?

 

You could be opening a whole can of worms!  ;-)

 

Just my 2.5 cents worth.

George Hazelton
Assistant Director
Henry County Library System
1001 Florence McGarity Pkwy
McDonough, GA  30252
Phone:  770-954-2806
FAX:    770-954-2808
email:    ghazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Cheri Nienke
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:12 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] re: fishing poles

 

Our new library will be located in a beautiful park area..with a small pond.
We would like to offer fishing poles to patrons...but I need the logistical
side thought out.  If anyone has any experience with this sort of thing,
please contact me personally.  Some questions that come to mind:  how long
do they check out? Do you require a deposit?  Who cleans them? [we don't
have facilities to do that] Who maintains and restrings them?  Are they
barcoded/tracked in the database?  Replacement costs for broken items?  If
anyone has a policy about this, please let me know.  Thanks, Cheri Nienke

 

Cheri Nienke

Assistant Director

Andover Public Library

937 N. Andover Rd.

Andover, KS 67002

316-733-4599

cnienke at andoverlibrary.org

 

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