>> I'm in a middle school librarian.
>>
>> 1. For how long do materials circulate? Books 2 weeks; magazines 1
>> week; reference 1 day; movies and other A/V materials must be checked
>> out by parent or the student's teacher and have a 2-week checkout
>> period. Equipment such as cameras must be checked out by parent or
>> teacher and have a 1-day checkout period.
>>
>> 2. Does circulation time vary based on the type of material
>> (overnight for reference, 1 week for magazine's, two for novels
>> etc.,) or by grade level? See above. All three grades 6-8 have
>> identical circulation rules.
>>
>>
>> 3. How often do you issue overdue notices? Every week or two. I
>> also attach them to midterm reports and report cards.
>> 4. Do you offer a 'grace period' for overdues? No.
>> 5. Do you charge overdue fines? No. However, I do charge for lost or
>> damaged items.
>> 6. If you do charge fines, who is responsible for collecting them?
>> I am.
>> How do you handle change/receipts? I have a change box in my back
>> room drawer. When it accumulates, I submit it to the office.
>>
>> I am in a K-6 elementary school where students have scheduled library
>> class everyother week. We do have open library time everyday when
>> students may come and exchange books.
>>
>> 1. 2 weeks for all items
>> 2. no
>> 3. 1st overdue notice is given to the child when the book is 2 weeks
>> overdue and then every two weeks after that.
>> 4. No - if books are overdue you can't check out new books
>> 5. We do not charge late fees
>>
>> Maria
>>
>> Maria Weeks
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Schuylerville Elementary School
>> Schuylerville, NY
>>
>> For our school....
>>
>> 1. All materials are checked out for 2 weeks. Teacher's can extend
>> their check-out dates but rarely do.
>>
>> 2. There is no difference between materials. However, at the K-8
>> level, students do not check out any VHS or DVD tapes.
>>
>> 3. Every Monday, overdue notices are printed and given to the
>> students teachers to distribute. Once every three months, a letter
>> goes home to all students who have a book overdue for over a month
>> telling the parent that they need to either return the book ASAP or
>> pay for the book. Most bring them in within the week.
>>
>> 4. We do actually have a grace period. I tell students that their
>> material is due in two weeks but actually have the computer set up
>> that it is overdue after 16 days.
>>
>> 5. We do not charge fines. The reason is because it would be more of
>> a pain to collect the fines than it is worth. However, I am
>> considering changing this policy at the high school. I have some
>> students who just don't care about overdue books.
>>
>> 6. n/a
>> Answers below.
>>
>> Lindy Hutchison, Librarian
>> Sweeny HS Library
>> Sweeny, TX
>> lhutchison@mail.sweeny.isd.esc4.net
>>
>> "Let us put our minds together and see what life we will make for our
>> children."
>> --Tatanka Iotanka
>> (Sitting
>> Bull)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lizanell Boman [mailto:lboman@NORTH-STARACADEMY.COM]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:01 PM
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Target: Circulation Policies
>>
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Would some of you please weigh in on a few circulation questions?
>>
>> 1. For how long do materials circulate? - 2 weeks
>> 2. Does circulation time vary based on the type of material
>> (overnight for reference, 1 week for magazine's, two for novels
>> etc.,) or by grade level? - yes
>> 3. How often do you issue overdue notices? - every three weeks
>> 4. Do you offer a 'grace period' for overdues? - 2 days
>> 5. Do you charge overdue fines? - five cents per school day
>> 6. If you do charge fines, who is responsible for collecting them? -
>> we are
>> How do you handle change/receipts? - from a cash box at the desk;
>> receipts from a receipt book kept in office - only for amounts over
>> $5.00
>>
>> Kathy Bowman
>> Library Media Teacher
>> Poly High School
>> Riverside, CA
>> kbowman@poly.rusd.k12.ca.us
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lizanell Boman [mailto:lboman@NORTH-STARACADEMY.COM]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:01 AM
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: [LM_NET] Target: Circulation Policies
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Would some of you please weigh in on a few circulation questions?
>>
>> 1. For how long do materials circulate? 2 weeks
>> 2. Does circulation time vary based on the type of material
>> (overnight for reference, 1 week for magazine's, two for novels
>> etc.,) or by grade level? no
>> 3. How often do you issue overdue notices? Once a quarter and before
>> MidWinter Dance, Prom, Yearbook distribution, graduation
>> 4. Do you offer a 'grace period' for overdues? n/a
>> 5. Do you charge overdue fines? no
>> 6. If you do charge fines, who is responsible for collecting them?
>> How do you handle change/receipts?
>>
>> Hi, Lizanell. I'm in a K-3 school of about 540 students. Here
>> are my
>> answers:
>>
>> 1. Books for K-2 circulate for a week; books for grade 3 circulate
>> for 2
>> weeks; items for teachers go out for a month.
>> 2. Circulation time varies by grade level.
>> 3. We give out student overdue notices at the end of every class
>> visit
>> to the library. All classes visit once during a six-day cycle--
>> so, in
>> practice, this works out to a week + one day.
>> 4. Children with overdues can't check out new books, except in rare
>> cases when I feel there are serious extenuating circumstances. For
>> example, the child lives with mom, but left the book at dad's
>> house, and
>> won't see dad again for two weeks. I've also had kids who were
>> moving
>> to a new address in the district whose library books got packed with
>> everything else--I let them borrow a book at a time until the
>> original
>> books are unpacked. Since I don't collect fines, the grace period
>> for
>> anything other than "can I borrow a book?" doesn't apply.
>> 5. No overdue fines--families pay only for lost or for books
>> damaged so
>> badly that they're unusable.
>> 6. I collect lost/damaged book fines. I use Follett Circ+ to keep
>> records, though I also keep a filed copy of all receipts for payments
>> and returns. I don't make change (unless it's a penny or two, which
>> I'll pull from a plastic baggy of change I keep in my desk.) All
>> money,
>> be it cash or check, gets sent to our business office to process.
>>
>>
>> Anne-Marie Gordon
>> Library Media Specialist
>> National Board Certified Teacher
>> Livonia Primary School
>> Livonia, NY
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Would some of you please weigh in on a few circulation questions?
>>
>> 1. For how long do materials circulate? 1 week
>> 2. Does circulation time vary based on the type of material
>> (overnight for reference, 1 week for magazine's, two for novels
>> etc.,) or by grade level? no
>> 3. How often do you issue overdue notices? Once a month
>> 4. Do you offer a 'grace period' for overdues? n/a
>> 5. Do you charge overdue fines? no
>> 6. If you do charge fines, who is responsible for collecting them?
>> How do you handle change/receipts? n/a
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Would some of you please weigh in on a few circulation questions?
>>
>> 1. For how long do materials circulate? 2 weeks
>>
>> 2. Does circulation time vary based on the type of material
>> (overnight for reference, 1 week for magazine's, two for novels
>> etc.,) or by grade level?
>> We only circulate books. Everything is 2 weeks except Ref is 1 day.
>> If students ask for a magazine, I just let them take it overnight and
>> ask them to bring it back. I am not real formal about this, because
>> we do not keep back copies of magazines. If the magazine is not the
>> current one, I usually say, " you can have it"
>>
>> 3. How often do you issue overdue notices?
>>
>> When I feel I need to. I see every student once every 2 weeks and I
>> tell them what they have overdue in books and what their fines are.
>> Periodically I print notices and give them to the reading teachers
>> who pass them out to the students.
>>
>> 4. Do you offer a 'grace period' for overdues? no,
>>
>> 5. Do you charge overdue fines?
>> Yes, but I am flexible about working with students. For example, a
>> student has some money but not enough, I just take it and collect the
>> entire fine. Or for students who I feel may not have the money, I
>> may "do a deal" with them--bring me half and I will count your fine
>> as totally collected. Just whatever it takes to collect something to
>> let the students know they are accountable--but not turn them off to
>> checking out books and reading.
>>
>> 6. If you do charge fines, who is responsible for collecting them?
>> I am.
>> How do you handle change/receipts? I keep a "kitty" so I always have
>> change. I do not have to receipt each fine I collect (what a
>> nightmare that would be!) When I turn money in, I am just able to
>> say "Collected from students for fines and lost books." I have a
>> record in my circulation system of what I collected, from whom, and
>> when, so there is a record that I can always go back to if needed.
>> Sometimes a student may ask for a receipt and then I will write one--
>> this happens maybe 5 times a year!
>>
>> I hope this helps. Let me know if I need to clarify anything. (PS.
>> I never "charge" teachers for overdues. I simply send them reminders
>> to be sure they know they still have the item.)
>>
>> Janelle
>>
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