<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Absolutely LOVE this idea!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Helena Hayes, MLIS</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Fremont Area District Library<br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family:
HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, May 12, 2014 8:57 AM, "Norris, Sonya (MDE)" <NorrisS2@michigan.gov> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3877625241">
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<a href="" rel="nofollow" name="2"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ColoradoLibraries/~3/uvfD6eqFlUU/"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#000099;text-decoration:none;">Courtesy Renewals: Keeping Customers Happy Keeps Customers</span></b></a>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:#555555;">Posted: 09 May 2014 09:06 AM PDT</span></div>
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<div style="line-height:140%;"><i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">Posted on behalf of Michael Cox, Director of Public Service, Pueblo City-County Library District</span></b></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;"></span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">On April 1,
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pueblolibrary.org/" title="Pueblo City-County Library District">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none;">Pueblo City-County Library District
</span></b></a>began a new service: Courtesy Renewals. Simply put, the first time that your item comes due, we will automatically renew it. If someone else has a hold on the item, you will be notified, and if you bring it back within a day or two, we will not
charge you late fees.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">Netflix realized that people hate overdue fees a few years ago. We recognize this, too. The Courtesy Renewals service is our attempt to keep
our customers happy.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">Each year, customers stop using the library for a number of reasons. 20% of them stop because their accounts have become blocked due to fines.
We felt we could change this by preventing the items from becoming overdue in the first place, and in fact, we billed 27% fewer people compared to the same month one year ago.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">In addition, we realized that Courtesy Renewals could have an impact on the very heart of library services: children. 40% of the Courtesy Renewals
to date have been for juvenile or young adult materials.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">And it hasn’t hurt our bottom line, either. Renewals have increased 138% over this month last year, giving us a considerable leg up on our
internal circulation goals.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">Our only cost for this service was to write the code in our ILS. We will be monitoring the circulation and fine data closely as the program
progresses, and will publish our results so that other libraries might benefit from our beta testing this new service.</span></div>
<div style="line-height:140%;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:black;">Speaking of, Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio began a similar service on May 1. We look forward to seeing this idea spread to libraries
far and wide, for as one colleague told us, “What a great idea. I wish my library did this for me.”</span></div>
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