Hi Lori, Our circulation policy states:
"If an item is lost or damaged beyond repair, the patron is asked to make an $18 donation to the library or to purchase a replacement copy. At the discretion of the Library Director, the fee for lost, damaged, or unreturned multi-media materials (videos, CDs, books on tape, etc.) may be greater than $18 depending on the value of the item. At the discretion of the Library Director, borrowing privileges may be suspended if a patron repeatedly looses, damages, or fails to return library materials." When we received the Jewish Heritage Video Collection a few years ago I noticed that many of the videos were quite expensive to replace. So, on all videos with a replacement value greater than $50, I placed a label on the video case that says: "The replacement cost for [VIDEO TITLE] is [COST]. If you lose, damage, or fail to return this video, you will be charged [COST]." This way, patrons are aware of how expensive the item is and will hopefully be more careful. I definitely think you should charge the patron with the replacement cost for the most recent video that she damaged. Rachel Kamin, Director Temple Israel Libraries & Media Center West Bloomfield, MI Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
