[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Loan Periods and Fines (was Re: Question forconsortiums)

[Hardy, Elaine]

The PINES member libraries decided that it would be much easier for
patrons and staff if loan periods and overdue fines were the same for
all libraries. We have extensive Intra-PINES loans, so having different
fines for libraries would be a nightmare. The overdue fines PINES
libraries collect for items from other libraries are retained by the
collecting library. For a consortium our size, the internal accounting
individual libraries would need to do to keep track of which owes what
to which would probably cost more than the fines collected. But it
mainly keeps the patron experience equitable throughout PINES. 


While there is an agreed upon default replacement cost for materials,
processing fees for lost/damaged items are determined by each library
system. 

 
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J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
 
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
 

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David Fiander
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Loan Periods and Fines (was Re: Question
forconsortiums)

I hope so, since my library is part of a small consortium, and each
member sets their own loan periods and fine schedules.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>
wrote:
> Quoting "Hardy, Elaine" <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>:
>>
>> Loan periods and fines are agreed upon by the entire consortium.
There
>> are three levels of max fines a library can opt for, but the daily
fines
>> for specific items are the same.
>
> Is it possible to set these on an individual library basis in a
consortium?
>
> Jason
>