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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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2004
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| Online-Zugang: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ951368 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Moving Away from Overdue Fines: One Academic Library's New Direction Mosley, Pixey Anne Research Libraries Academic Libraries Fees Sanctions Library Policy Library Administration Library Development Library Services Library Materials Client Characteristics Program Implementation Change Strategies Organizational Change As student fees, print vs. electronic access, service quality expectations, and basic economics have an increasing impact on library operations, some academic libraries are taking a second look at the process of charging overdue fines. This article explores the contemporary environment on this issue. It offers as an example a compromise solution implemented in Spring 2003 by Texas A&M University Libraries. The solution maintains fines for some materials but uses an "inconvenience" motivator to prompt timely renewal or return of regular stacks materials.