uni library - fines

lkmc01

I don't know if this is common across all uni library but here are our loan periods and fines. I think they are very expensive for a uni library fine. I want to know other peoples opinions and what other people pay.


Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students are permitted to borrow an overall maximum of 23 items from the library made up of:

• A maximum of 2 RBR books (24 hour loan)
• A maximum of 2 short loan items (3 hour loan)
• A maximum of 6 popular loans (1 week loans)

Undergraduate 4th year Honours Students

Undergraduate 4th year honours students are permitted to borrow an overall maximum of 25 items from the library made up of:

• A maximum of 2 RBR books (24 hour loan)
• A maximum of 2 short loan items (3 hour loans)
• A maximum of 6 popular loans (1 week loans)

the fines are if you do not get them back on time -

Fine tariff
24 - hour loan50p per hour or part of hourPopular loan5p per day
- if required by another user
50p per day or part of dayLong loan5p per day or part of day
- if required by another user
50p per day or part of day
Users will be blocked from borrowing when they reached £10 in total for any item or items overdue.

Well I had 2 RRB books out and I renewed them, but I didn't notice but someone wanted both of them yesterday at 12 noon so I have been landed with a £15 fine as I have just got them both back now.

expensive?
what do you have to pay?

fizzle2006

My uni library charge 30p a day for every day you have a book that is overdue!

My poor friend managed to rack up £35 worth of fines and isn't allowed to take out anymore books, it's a shame as it was because of the uni's computer library system not updating her books due date for a week that it happened

3plus1

I took a couple of 4 hour loan books out once, didn't realise they were short loan items and got hit with a £60 fine. You live and learn...

popularfurball

Ours is more expensive than that

Its £1 for every whole or part of an hour for 24 hours loans... and more than a £1 a day for longer term loans. Crazy

Energize

My uni charges £1 per hour upto a maximum of £20 for reference/restricted loan books, and 20p per day for normal loans.

melancholly

the fines are there to stop people keeping/stealing books so that other students can't use them. yes they're high, but for some books there is high demand and it's the only way to ensure people don't let them gather dust in their rooms....

and, fwiw, they're only expensive if you keep books longer than you should. returning them on time (or using reference copies in the library if you have to) means no extra money to pay out!!! often unis won't let you graduate if you owe them any money so i wouldn't ever recommend making a stand over library fines.....

DrFluffy

Sounds the same as ours - 50p an hour for 24 hour loans, 50p a day for 1 week loans...

To be fair the 'punishment' has to be steepish, else people would selfishly keep hold of books that other students might need.

Emily_Hall08

wow that's really expensive.
I've had a couple of issues where i've been fined (only a couple of quid) but I've spoken to the library assistants about how it happened (they're fault, not mine!) and have been let off

The person who said their friend was charged loads but it was because the library didn't update her renew dates or something..pleeease tell me she spoke to them about that and didn't just pay up?!

bestpud

Emily_Hall08 wrote: »

wow that's really expensive.
I've had a couple of issues where i've been fined (only a couple of quid) but I've spoken to the library assistants about how it happened (they're fault, not mine!) and have been let off

The person who said their friend was charged loads but it was because the library didn't update her renew dates or something..pleeease tell me she spoke to them about that and didn't just pay up?!

Yes, our library will wrote off fines if they've failed to give the correct notification (doesn't happen very often - usually after they've done an update).

The_One_Who

My uni send out letter reminders as well as e-mails if a book has been recalled. If the book is just due back then getting it checked out on the counter will mean it gets stamped, or using the self-service machines will give you a receipt telling you when it's due back. I heard someone trying to get their fines reduced/scrapped and they were simply told that the library wouldn't do it. That as a responsible adult they are expected to know when the book is due back and be able to return it on time. Maybe that member of staff was just having a bad day.

aqueoushumour01

make sure you pay those fines

http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1773431-wisconsin-woman-jailed-over-unpaid-library-fines