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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.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Candy Mahoney via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michele Howard <mhoward@tadl.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Removing Historic Patron Fine/Fees/Costs</font>
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<div dir="ltr">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.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 2:53 PM Michele Howard via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>Thank you for taking the time to respond. </div>
<div>I will summarize for the list.</div>
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