Here’s an idea. One Denver area library has, as one of their summer reading prizes for teens, a $2.00 off your fines coupon. Sort of a “get out of jail free” card for the rascals who don’t return their books on time. I think it’s a great idea especially since it pretty much costs the library nothing. (Chances are they wouldn’t get most of that money back anyway and many of the participants will never have the need to use it.) I hear though that it took a lot of work to convince management of the idea.
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Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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