Renew library books

The Pikes Peak Library District announced it will eliminate late fees and implement an automatic renewal system starting Feb. 1.Fines accounted for less than 1 percent of the library's overall revenue in 2017, and are "particularly prohibitive for the community's most vulnerable families," said Director of Library Services Tim Blevins.“Our mission as an organization is to eliminate barriers to information and resources, not create them,” Blevins said. “We had a trial run of eliminating overdue fines and didn’t see longer hold times for patrons, but did see a positive impact on borrowing. It makes perfect sense for us to permanently eliminate these fines.”Materials that are 21 days overdue will be marked as "lost." Patrons will be required to pay a fee for a lost item, said library spokeswoman Kayah Swanson. 2 ticketed for trespassing at Colorado Springs library; new visitor policy implementedWhen materials have been marked as lost for four weeks and … [Read more...] about Pikes Peak Library District to slash late fees, implement automatic renewal

The Pikes Peak Library announced it will eliminate late fees and implement an automatic renewal system starting Feb. 1.Fines accounted for less than 1 percent of the library's overall revenue in 2017, and are "particularly prohibitive for the community's most vulnerable families," said Director of Library Services Tim Blevins.“Our mission as an organization is to eliminate barriers to information and resources, not create them,” Blevins said. “We had a trial run of eliminating overdue fines and didn’t see longer hold times for patrons, but did see a positive impact on borrowing. It makes perfect sense for us to permanently eliminate these fines.”Materials that are 21 days overdue will be marked as "lost." Patrons will be required to pay late fees on these items, said library spokeswoman Kayah Swanson. 2 ticketed for trespassing at Colorado Springs library; new visitor policy implementedWhen materials have been marked as lost for four weeks and the … [Read more...] about Pikes Peak Library to slash late fees, implement automatic renewal