[Michlib-l] Removing Historic Patron Fine/Fees/Costs

[Susan Wess]

I am deleting patrons whose cards have expired 3 years ago or more. To do a mass deletion, patrons with fines are not automatically deleted.  I'm waiving fines (some quite large) so I can delete these patrons --- some going back 10 or more years ago.  I just feel that our database was getting clogged with people we would never see again.


Susan Wess, M.L.I.S.
Director
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From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf of Candy Mahoney via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:29 AM
To: Michele Howard <mhoward at tadl.org>
Cc: Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Removing Historic Patron Fine/Fees/Costs

Here we don't have a set policy, but we have generally been removing fines over two years old. If it is a lost item, we have the librarian in charge of that collection make the decision.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 2:53 PM Michele Howard via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l at mcls.org>> wrote:
Just curious if any libraries remove patron fines/fees/costs after a pre-determined number of years, or if they are retained forever on the patron account.

Thank you for taking the time to respond.
I will summarize for the list.

Best regards,
Michele

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Traverse Area District Library
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