[aisle] Late Fees for Books

[Brooke Nelson]

During Covid, we stopped charging late fees, and we have not brought them
back. I don't intend to, as it was a pain for me, and the students were
scared to come in because they had fines. It's easier this way, and I have
the same amount of loss either way. We do charge for lost or damaged books,
but I let them order used from Amazon rather than give me the money if they
can do so. That is cheaper for them (most books are around $4), and much
easier for me. Less red tape. I had to really evaluate what I wanted out of
our library during Covid. Do I want to charge kids for reading books or do
I want to get kids to read books? It's working so far, so we'll see.

We also share names of books with parents, because usually they demand to
know. This has never been an issue that I'm aware of, and the students know
the book title goes on their Skyward if it's lost or damaged.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:58 AM Brooke Fleuette via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Our high school does charge 5 cents per school day for late books.  I
> would really like to get rid of this, so I'm glad you brought up the topic.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:51 AM Wagoner, Benjamin via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> In my K-12 district, we do not charge late fees.  We only charge for lost
>> or damaged items.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:46 AM Karrie Fisher via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't charge for late fee, only for lost or damaged books.
>>>
>>> Starting in January, a new law will be in place that prohibits us from
>>> charging students who are on free/reduced lunch for anything, including
>>> lost and damaged books, Chromebooks, etc.
>>>
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>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:43 AM Joanne Zienty via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No late fees. Only charge for lost and/or severely damaged books.
>>>>
>>>> Joanne
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:30 AM Anita Beaman via AISLE <
>>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How many of you charge late fees for library books? My new district
>>>>> does at the high school level and I'd like to do away with this.  I know my
>>>>> admin will ask what other districts do.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do charge late fees, what do you feel are the advantages?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Anita
>>>>>
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