[LIBRARYDIR] forgiving old fines/fees and state surplus requirements

[Kram, LAURI]

This is pretty much what we do at Edmonds CC as well Chris.




On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Palo, Eric <epalo at rtc.edu> wrote:

> At Renton any “de-selected library resources” are declared to have “no
> value” and discarded.  Actually stamped Discarded and put in the campus
> recycling bins. (Our local recycling company lets us leave the covers on.)
> With them having no value we do not send then through the complicated
> state surplus process.
>
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>    Eric Palo                                  epalo at rtc.edu
>    Library Director
>    Renton Technical College
>    Renton, Wa  98056               (425) 235-2331
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> <librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>] On Behalf Of Matz, Chris
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 9:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] forgiving old fines/fees and state surplus
> requirements
>
> Good morning.  I am meeting with my college's director of admin services
> next week to discuss both how we might set a standard for forgiving
> non-contemporary patron fines.
>
> He is also asking about what we do, individually or collectively, about
> meeting state requirements to surplus de-selected library resources.  The
> earlier option of doing nothing and thereby propping up ancient superfluous
> books has expired in our library, as we've spent all spring and summer
> relocating two learning centers into the building.  If there's nothing
> uniform out there, OK.  I have no problem going first, though you can
> imagine that the admin services office is quite a lot more risk-adverse.
>
> Any wisdom you can share on either or both topics would be much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Chris M
>
> ************************
> Chris Matz
> Director, Ray W Howard Library
> Shoreline Community College
> 206.546.4558
> cmatz at shoreline.edu
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