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

[AL Karen McKinnon]

Our Cooperative, Lakeland Cooperative does this annually. The time limit is seven years and the patrons are removed from the system. It does clean up the system. 

Karen McKinnon, 
Library Director 

Leighton Township Library 
Education, Information, Recreation 
Box H 4451 12th Street 
Moline, MI 49335 
(616)877-4143 


From: "Susan Wess via Michlib-l" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
To: "Michele Howard" <mhoward at tadl.org>, "Candy Mahoney" <cmahoney at ssldl.info> 
Cc: "Michlib-l" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 1:04:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Removing Historic Patron Fine/Fees/Costs 

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 
151 Wabash St. 
Milan, MI 48160 
734.439.1240 
734.439.5625 -- FAX 





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 < [ mailto:michlib-l at mcls.org | 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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Michele P. Howard, MILS 
Library Director 
Traverse Area District Library 
231-932-8527 
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