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Lost,
Damaged, and Overdue Books
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The Board of Library Trustees is invested with the specific power
under the Public Library Act to provide, by ordinance, fines and
penalties for injury to any book or other library material, or to
any real or personal property belonging to or in the custody of
the library, and for failure to return any book or other material
or personal property belonging to or in the custody of the library
and to exclude from the use of the library any person who willfully
violates the rules prescribed by the Board. The purpose of this
policy is to prevent, discourage, and prohibit the injury to any
book or library material or property, real or personal, and the
failure to return any book or library material or property to the
library. Therefore, the policy of the XYZ Public Library is as follows:
Section 1
Any person who shall fail to return in undamaged condition any
book or library material belonging to or originally borrowed from
the custody of the library shall be punished as herein provided:
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Adult fines (i.e. where
an adult borrower card is used) |
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1. |
Books, periodicals,
paperbacks, vertical file materials, records, and cassettes
- both adult and juvenile - BLANK per day, with a maximum fine
of $BLANK; |
| B. |
Juvenile
fines (i.e. where a juvenile borrower card is used) |
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1. |
Books, periodicals,
paperbacks, vertical file materials, and records from the Children’s
Room - BLANK per day, with a maximum fine of $BLANK; |
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2. |
Books, periodicals,
paperbacks, vertical file materials, records, and cassettes
from the other departments - with a permission slip - BLANK
per day, with a maximum fine of $BLANK; |
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3. |
Art prints from the
Children’s Room - BLANK per day with a maximum fine of
$BLANK; |
| C. |
Fees for
lost library cards |
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1. |
Adult - $BLANK per card
for each card; |
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2. |
Juvenile - $BLANK per
card for each card; |
| D. |
Lost materials |
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1. |
Cataloged books, paperbacks,
records, cassettes, and art prints - replacement cost plus a
$BLANK per item service charge; |
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2. |
Periodicals - replacement
cost plus a $BLANK per item service charge; |
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3. |
Uncataloged paperbacks
- replacement cost, or an exchange of equal or greater value,
plus a $BLANK per item service charge; |
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4. |
Vertical file materials
- value, BLANK minimum plus a $BLANK per item service charge; |
| E. |
Damaged
materials |
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1. |
If items are returned
in damaged condition, but can be rebound, a bindery fee of $BLANK
per item will be charged; |
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2. |
If items are returned
in damaged condition that makes them unusable, value or replacement
cost plus service charge will be charged for each item. |
Section 2
The term “replacement cost” used in Section 1 above is
the price the library must pay to obtain another copy of the item,
as listed in Books in Print, Paperbound Books in Print, and such
sources. If the particular title is no longer available, the cost
is a figure based on the average price of such an item, as listed
in Bowker’s Annual, so that the library may obtain another
title of a similar nature: $BLANK for adult hard cover nonfiction;
$BLANK for adult hard cover fiction; $BLANK for adult cataloged
paperback; $BLANK for adult uncataloged paperback; $BLANK for children’s
hard cover book, either fiction or nonfiction; $BLANK for children’s
cataloged paperback; and $BLANK for children’s uncataloged
paperback.
Section 3
As to lost materials (Section 1(D) above), the Library will utilize
a refund policy on the following terms: cataloged books, paperbacks,
records, cassettes, and art prints may be returned within six (6)
months for a refund of the value or replacement cost paid subject
to the rules relating to damaged materials and fines for overdue
material. The service charge of $BLANK will not be refunded.
Section 4
In addition to the foregoing, in the event that any person’s
failure to return any book or library material, in an undamaged
condition, is determined to be willful, the Director of the Library
shall report such violation to the State’s Attorney for prosecution
pursuant to the applicable terms of the Illinois Criminal Code and
shall exclude such person from further use of the library or any
privileges attendant thereto until full restitution to the library
has been made. For purposes of this section, “willful”
is to mean “without good cause.”
Section 5
All fines and penalties for the commission of injury upon the library,
its grounds, or the property thereof shall be paid into the general
fund of the library or the body enforcing this ordinance.
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