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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hi Scott,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.4pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">At the Canton Public Library we take away borrowing privileges if a patron owes $20 or
more in fines. </span><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> Patron accounts exceeding $35 resulting from billed materials (a portion can include late fees) overdue more than 45 days will be
turned over to a collection agency.</span><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Barb Gudenburr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Drapalik<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 15, 2017 9:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Borrowing Privileges and Large Fine Management<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">***Please excuse listserv cross postings***<br>
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What is your dollar threshold before revoking borrowing privileges? (Ours is currently $50 per patron) How do you deal with excessively large fines? (I couldn’t access the archives for previous discussions on this topic)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Scott Drapalik</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
Circulation Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Howell Carnegie District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">517-546-0720 ext. 105<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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