[Libs-Or] minor patrons with bills

[Suzanne Sager]

Kendra,

My husband and I fostered his niece's children.  Their mom had frequently
used their card to check out material for herself when she could no longer
use her card to the point that they couldn't use their cards either.  Is it
possible one of the teen's parents used her card.  Also depending on home
conditions, it would be really hard to know where the books ended up.

Suzanne

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Kendra Antila <kantila at ci.lebanon.or.us>
wrote:

> Hello all.  We recently had a teenager come into our library to renew her
> library card.  Her card had been expired for several years and had fairly
> substantial bills for unreturned items.  The young woman had no idea where
> the books were and was unable to pay for them.  She explained that she was
> now living in foster care.
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> When we looked at our current library policy we realized we had no
> recourse, as it states:
>
> *Persons wishing to renew their library cards must clear their accounts of
> lost items and overdue fines.  *
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> I approached my advisory board about some type of revision as applied to
> minors.  They have asked me to find out how other libraries handle
> situations like this.  If any of you have policies pertaining specifically
> to minor patrons with fines and card renewals, would you please share?
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> Thank you,
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>
> *Kendra Antila *
>
> Director *| *Lebanon Public Library
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> Tel: 541.258.4232 <(541)%20258-4232>
> 55 Academy Street, Lebanon OR 97355
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> *kantila at ci.lebanon.or.us <kantila at ci.lebanon.or.us>*
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Suzanne L. Sager
Portland State University Library
PO Box 1151
Portland, OR  97207-1151

Phone: 503-725-8169
Fax: 503-725-5799

email: sagers at pdx.edu
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