Library changes some fees

Mar 4, 2011, 11:11am EST

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Tracey Drury

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has implemented a series of changes in its borrowing policies, including modifications to fees and charges.

Though fees and charges amount to dimes and quarters for most patrons, for the library, it represents anticipated income revenue of more than $835,000 for 2011.

Ken Stone, library fiscal officer, says the restructuring includes changing limits at which fines cause a cardholder to be blocked from borrowing privileges, lowering the late charges for certain media and giving patrons the option to replace a lost item by purchasing an exact copy in lieu of paying replacement charges.

Just one fee will increase: Patrons who place holds on items and do not pick them up will see an increase to 50 cents from 25 cents. Fees for late books will not change, and will remain at 25 cents per day per title, with juvenile materials charged 10 cents per day each.

“We incur cost sorting/transporting the items and they are unavailable for other patrons to use while they are being picked up,” Stone says. “Like any fine, the main purpose is to encourage the use and prompt return of library items, reducing the number of any given title that needs to be ordered and making more material available to patrons.”

Stone says many of the changes will make it easier for patrons to continue to use the library or clear their obligations, for example by directly replacing a lost book.

“The Library did not want to overly burden patrons, a number of whom have also suffered reductions in income,” he says.

Other changes include:

• Late fees were reduced for overdue DVD, Blu-ray and VHS items to $1 per day per item, with a maximum fine of $10 per item. Previously, there was no overdue limit on fees and daily fines were $2 per day per item.

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