[CASL-L] Library checkout procedures

[Audra Good]

I’m reconsidering some of my library checkout policies, curious about some of the following:

Do you check out right from the first day? 

If you are a special is checkout part of every library day or do you hold separate flexible checkout times or both?

Do you allow checkout if books are not returned? If so how many books or renewals do you allow before requesting payment? (I have students who go long periods without checking out due to fines which defeats the purpose of encouraging library use so I’m looking for ideas)

Do you cancel out leftover fines from the previous year?

Do you charge the book cost or do you have alternative fees? I don’t charge overdue fines, only lost book fees.

Do your k checkout books to bring home or do they share them in the classroom?

I alternate tech with library so checkout is on library days so every other time I see them, I also adopted routines from predecessors so I’m just reevaluating them.

Thanks!

Audra Good
Library Media Specialist
Brookside School

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