Moving Away from Overdue Fines: One Academic Library's New Direction

摘要

As student fees, print vs. electronic access, service quality expectations, and basic economics have an increasing impact on library operations, some academic libraries are taking a second look at the process of charging overdue fines. This article explores the contemporary environment on this issue. It offers as an example a compromise solution implemented in Spring 2003 by TexasA&M University Libraries. The solutionmaintains fines for some materials but uses an “inconvenience” motivator to prompt timely renewal or return of regular stacks materials.