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- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 08:58:53 EST
- Sender: "CIRCPLUS@IDBSU - LIBRARY CIRCULATION ISSUES"
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- From: Walter Stine <WSTINE@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU>
- Subject: Results of fines survey
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-
- On December 30th I posted a message asking for libraries to share
- their fine policies. I reposted the message a week or so later to
- get additional responses. To date I have received 8 responses and
- have summarized them in this message for the list. Thanks to everyone
- who responded.
-
- I took the liberty in retaining the names and e-mail addresses of
- the respondents in case there is a need for followup to individual
- librarians. I've started to do a little personal analysis of the results
- and have found it interesting to list them in order by the cost
- of the fines. I certainly suspect there is a correlation between
- size and type of library and the size of fines but wonder if others
- of you see different patterns.
-
- In the next week or so I hope to put together a list for my own use that
- is more in the form of a table. This will also include the policies of
- some other libraries including Penn, Cornell, and Columbia. I decided
- not to include their policies in this message since I did not receive
- them from the list. If anyone wants a copy of the table, I will be glad
- to send it directly. I will also be happy to receive more responses
- to increase the coverage. Well, enough prologue, here are the results:
-
-
- RESULTS
-
- ================================================================
-
- Lamont Library, Harvard College Library:
-
- General Circulation - $.25 a day (one day grace),
- maximum of $25.00
-
- Reserves Circulation - $.01 a minute (30 minutes grace)
- maximum of $50.00
-
- Walter Stine
- WSTINE@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU
-
- =================================================================
-
- Gordon Library at Worcester Polytech:
-
- Our policies and fees for overdues are $.05 per day for overdue books, 3
- days of grace, no maximum fee and $.50 per hour for overdue reserves, no
- grace and no limit.
-
- Margaret F. Riley
- Circulation Librarian
- mfriley@wpi.wpi.edu
-
- =================================================================
-
- Western Washington University Libraries:
-
- Fine policies:
-
- General Circulation - $1.00 for the first week (no fines for
- six days or less) and $0.25 per day thereafter up to a maximum
- of $4.25. Requested Books: $0.50 per day, no maximum.
-
- Reserve Circulation - $0.25 per hour (no grace) to a maximum
- of $14.00 for 2-hour in-house loans; $1.00 per day to a maximum
- of $14.00 for 1-,3-,7-day loans.
-
- In all circumstances, after the maximum fine has been reached,
- the borrower is billed for the cost of replacing the book or
- item.
-
- Rick Osen
- Access and Building Services Manager
- Internet: rosen@henson.cc.wwu.edu
-
- =================================================================
-
- University of Southern Maine
-
- Our overdue policy is also under review - in fact I am considering not
- charging fines. Our current charges, however, are as follows:
-
- General Circulation
-
- Fines: 50 cents per day/per item to a maximum fine of $10.00 (There is
- a 10 day grace period, but fines are retroactive to duedate once this
- period has passed).
-
- Lost charges: $35.00 replacement charge per book $10.00 processing
- charge per book.
-
- Reserves
-
- Fines: Hourly: $2.00 per hour to a maximum of $10.00 (No grace period)
- Daily: $2.00 per day to a maximum of $10.00 (No grace period)
-
- Lost charges: $35.00 replacement charge (often waived for photocopies)
- $10.00 processing charge (also often waived)
-
-
- Lanny Lumbert | Bitnet: lumbert@portland
- Head, Circulation Services | Internet: lumbert@portland.maine.edu
- & Cataloger
-
- =================================================================
-
- Holy Cross:
-
-
- General Circulation: $.10 per day (no grace period), with a maximum of $5.00
-
- Reserve Circulation: $.25 for the 1st hour, $.50 for each additional hour,
- with a maximum of $10.00
-
- We don't restrict student use of Reserve because of fines owed. Students
- owing $5.00 or more in fines cannot charge out books in General Circulation
- and are billed through the Bursar's Office (in effect we allow them a $4.99
- cushion before we get tough).
-
-
- Sharon Moore
- Dinand Library
- Holy Cross College
- LIB_MOORE@HCACAD.HOLYCROSS.EDU
- =================================================================
-
- University of California, Santa Barbara:
-
- Overdue fines for BOOKS: $.25 per day with a minimum charge of $1.00
- and a maximum charge of $20.00 (three day grace)
- BOUND JOURNALS: $1.00 per day with a $30.00 maximum (no grace)
- UNBOUND JOURNALS: $1.00 per day with a $5.00 maximum (no grace)
-
- Reserve Fines: $.02 per minute, or $1.20 per hour, starting at
- $1.00 the first minute the item is overdue during
- regular session. (No official grace but 10 minutes is
- built into the fine) No maximum fine.
-
- During Dead and Finals week the fine doubles to $.04 per
- minute or $2.40 per hour. There is no maximum fine.
-
- We do not charge a person a fine in addition to a replacement charge
- when an item is 30 days overdue, but we have recently added a $20.00
- processing fee to all items billed replacement and this charge will not
- be refunded.
-
- Sharon W. Bullard
- Head, Circulation Dept.
- LB10BULL@UCSBUXA.bitnet
-
- =================================================================
-
- California State University Fullerton:
-
- Our fines for general circ materials are $.25/day to a max of $25 with 10 day
- grace; for reserves $1.00/hour to a max of $25 with 1 hour grace.
-
- Diana Davis, Head/Circulation Services
- DDAVIS@FULLERTON.EDU
-
- =================================================================
-
- University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA:
-
- General Circulation: 30 day grace period unless hold placed on book
- .$.30/day to max of $9 retrospective to due date if hold placed
- If no hold place, maximum fine of $9 assessed on day 31
-
- Reserve Circulation: 30 minute grace, $.25/hour to maximum of $15.00
- $1.50 added penalty if reserve item requested
-
- We are currently in the process of increasing these fines from $.30/day to
- $.50/day, max $15; reserves $2.50 for first hour/ $.50/hour
- thereafter to max of $30.00
-
- Janice Thomas
- jthomas@u.washington.edu
-
- =================================================================
-
-
- Emporia State Univ. in Emporia, Kansas:
-
-
- Circulating books: $.20 per day per item, maximum $10.00 per item
- (2 day grace period, 3rd day $.60 due)
- Replacement fee $40.00, processing fee $10.00
- Reserve collection: $1.00 first hour, $.60 per hour thereafter
- per item. $10.00 per item maximum. 15 min.
- grace period.
-
-
- Sally Conard, Emporia State University
- SACONARD%twsuvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu
-
- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
- Walter D. Stine
- Head of Reserves and Circulation Phone: 617-495-2455
- Lamont Library (Harvard College Library) Fax: 617-496-3692
- Harvard University Bitnet: WSTINE@HARVARDA
- Cambridge, MA 02138 Internet: WSTINE@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU
-