[Michlib-l] Handling Faxes

[Director]

1. N
2. Y
3. N
4. Other configurations - We are encouraging people to scan to e-mail their
documents instead of faxing.  It is a huge savings money wise for our
patrons as we only charge the cost of a copy to do it (.20 cents per
page).  We have a large summer worker population and this has helped them
tremendously. We still do the scanning but patrons input the email address
that they want the document to go to.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Shelley Williams <svbwilliams at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jaema,
> #1 - no
> #2 - yes
> #3 - no
> #4 - no
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> We have enough trouble when the copier jams on patrons.  I hate to think
> what would happen the first time a patron's paper was eaten by the fax.  We
> are trained on how to fix jams and other strange happenings.  Patrons are
> not.  So we keep it under our control.
>
> Shelley
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Jaema Berman <jberman at tln.lib.mi.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues, I'm doing a survey to find out how other libraries
>> handle faxes.
>> 1. Do you have self service?
>> 2. Do you keep the fax machine behind the service area where only staff
>> can process it?
>> 3. Do you keep the fax machine in a public area and give patrons a choice
>> of whether they want to do it themselves or get help with it?
>> 4. Any other configurations of fax service?
>>
>> Thanks for your input!
>> Jaema
>>
>>
>>
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>> Jaema Berman
>> Director
>> Addison Twp. Public Library
>> 1400 Rochester Rd.
>> Leonard, MI 48367
>> Phone: 248-628-7180
>> Fax: 248-628-6109
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>>
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> 3900 White Lake Dr.
> Whitehall, MI  49461
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