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Kelly, although I am a high school librarian, I understand your frustration with overdues. I was reading an older thread about late fines just last night and it's an issue that I am interested in. How do we get our books back on time - or at all without wasting too much precious time chasing after our students, sometimes even long after they've left our school! At our school we tell the students we charge 10 cents a day, but when they bring us the book we only charge them half but we still have an incredible amount of books overdue each week. I found it interesting in my research that one librarian stopped charging late fines altogether and didn't see any difference in the number of late books. This leads me to wonder if I could save some time and grief haranging students for money owed and be able to focus on other services we provide in the library. One idea that was suggested was to have a weekly draw - students would fill out a ballot when they signed out a book and if their name was drawn they would win the prize on the condition that they had no lates or fines on their record. I like the idea of thinking of incentives rather than punishments for returning books. If anyone has any other positive ways to get their books back, I'd love to hear about them. Just an aside, when I was living in Japan, I brought my books back late and expected to pay a late charge - they didn't know what I was talking about, they don't charge fines at the public library! I'd be interested in finding out their return rates! (They would probably put us to shame!) Cheers, Pamela Roberts Griffith, Teacher and Librarian Rosedale Heights SA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pamelarob@Hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------