Hi Gary,
What's the rationale for having fines in the first place? Is it just because public libraries do it and is there any evidence it works for you?
Re. charges, I've never understood why we expect staff to pay out of their own money for information that's needed for their job.
Scrap 'em all! Remove the barriers!
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Mike
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Subject: Library charges
Dear all,
We have been looking at our fines recently and wondering if we should consider scrapping them. As an adjunct to that we were wondering what else do other NHS libraries charge for?
We don't charge for printing or copying, or ILLs.
So as a purely unscientific straw poll, we would like to know what you charge for in your library. Fines? Copying? ILLs? Anything else?
Many thanks
Gary
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