RE: Fines - a week apart?

[Gary Simon <GSIMON@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I just recently jointed this listserv and so I missed the first message.
However, if I correctly understand your question, our policy corresponds
with what you would like to do.  Our patrons are charged $.05 for the first
21 days after the due date and then are charged $.10 per day until a maximum
$5.00 in fines is reached.

We accomplished this through the loan rules.  In each loan rule, line #37
mandates the number of days in the first loan period and line #38 dictates
the fine charged each day.  Line #39 contains the number of days in the
second loan period and line #40 dictates the fines for this loan period.  

In our case, the value in line #37 is 22 and line #38 is $.05 -- this
charges the patron $.05 per day for the first 21 days.  Line#39 is 39 and
line#40 is $.10 -- this charges patrons $.10 per day for the next 39 days.

I hope you find this useful.

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Anne Divan [mailto:DIVANL@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:51 AM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fines - a week apart?


**I originally sent this on Dec. 20. I received one response from
someone who thought I could do it, but I'm still hoping to hear from
someone who is actually doing it (or has tried it and found it to
definitely be impossible)!***

Our AV department would like to change the way fines are charged for
their equipment. They'd like to have the initial fine be $15, leave it
at that for a week, then after 7 days raise it to $25, then 7 days
later raise it again to $35.

I've tried wading through the manual, but can't figure out if this is
possible - and if so, how to do it.

So I'm hoping that either someone has a similar setup (fine stays the
same for a week, then goes up - instead of increasing each day) and
can help me out, or has wanted to do this and found it to be
impossible.

Thanks in advance for your help!



Linda Divan
Senior Cataloger
Centennial Library
Cedarville University
251 N. Main St.
Cedarville, OH  45314

937-766-7843
divanl@xxxxxxxxxx
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