We also charge full price...in fact, if you have any doubt as to
pricing, go to www.amazon.com and see what the replacement cost would
be...I'll bet your principal would be surprised. $25 is on the low end
now...what about some of your art books, photography books...it's
nothing to spend $60-$100 dollars for one of those...likewise reference
books...and what if they lose part of a set? Sometimes you can't replace
just one volume, you have to buy the whole set all over again. Like you
say, there's shipping, processing, updating your cataloging record, the
circulation record, etc. Plus the nuisance factor of a needed-title
being gone...they always lose the popular ones. I don't know of any
legal issue he could be concerned about...you can show what the current
replacement cost is and explain the bookkeeping details and how that
eats into your time. And what if the book is out-of-print? We have
several valuable and much-loved titles that aren't available anymore
except as used books.
Reggie Buresh, Librarian
Mahtomedi High School
8000 75th St. N.
Mahtomedi, MN 55115-1795
Voice: 651-407-2157
Fax: 651-407-2125
rburesh@mahtomedi.k12.mn.us
http://mhszephyr.com/mediacenter/
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of library
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:27 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: TARGET--> lost book - charge full price?
We charge full price --- plus when I am cataloging I add a dollar for
processing fees to the cost of every book - so that is factored in as
well.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo, Librarian
Bishop Kearney High School
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
library@bkhs.org
585- 342 - 4000 x231
585 -342 - 4694 (FAX)
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From: TATTON JESSICA <TLIB1@BERKSHIREUFSD.K12.NY.US>
Reply-To: TATTON JESSICA <TLIB1@BERKSHIREUFSD.K12.NY.US>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:44:54 -0500
>Hello!
>
>Do you charge patrons the price you paid for a book or do you lower the
price
>because it's "used"? Currently we charge the price that we paid. My
administration
>thinks this might be a problem legally. I told them we charge full
price because we
>have to replace that book at full price. They suggested we charge two
prices $8 for
>paperbacks and $25 for hardcovers. This is to avoid the legal issue but
time is also
>a concern so this would be faster than looking up prices for each book.
Currently
>when I print an overdue list the prices are not on the list. We are
getting Mandarin
>3M in a few weeks though. Does anyone know if you can get prices to
print out on
>the overdue list with that automation system? We have a fluid
population and many
>books are never returned so overdues and billing students takes quite a
bit of time.
>TIA
>
>
>Jessica Tatton, MLS
>Library Media Specialist
>Berkshire Junior Senior High School
>Canaan, NY 12029
>TLIB1@berkshireufsd.k12.ny.us
>
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