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Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 16:27:56 -0500 (EST)
From: BRAD COON <coon@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Defacement of Serials (Rosemary Henders)

As far as we are concerned, this is theft of University property.
We do call the Univ. Police as well as the Dean of Students.  No
one has been arrested yet but several have missed expulsion
by the skin of their teeth.  We charge replacement/and or binding costs
plus fine that varies with the circumstances but is usually around
$10.00.
My effort to institute public hangings was not accepted (you know
what bleeding heart liberals we have in these academic settings :))
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Brad Coon                                     If you are not living on
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http://www.ipfw.indiana.edu/east1/coon/web/   up too much space.

"Civilize the mind and make savage the body."
        Chinese proverb
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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:03:16 -0900
From: Eva Friesen <efriesen@ACS.RYERSON.CA>
Subject: Re: Defacement of Serials (Rosemary Henders)

We add a $100.00 fine to the replacement cost of wilfully damaged
library materials, no matter how small the damage may be, eg., an
article cut out of a newspaper that we only keep for 4 months.

Eva Friesen
Head, Technical Services
Ryerson Polytechnic University
Toronto

> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 12:29:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Henders, Rosemary" <RosemaryH@WCCB.WCC.CC.IL.US>
> Subject: Defacement of Serials
>
> We are considering changing our fines policy to include an extra penalty
> over and above our "face value plus $5 processing fee" when the periodical
> has been intentionally defaced. Our biggest problem comes from students in
> one class who are told to attach a "copy" of the article they used with
> their assignment. Somehow, every semester several students either decide to
> avoid the copying cost or hope for extra credit by attaching the original
> article. Despite the fact that the instructor has explained to them that
> cutting articles out of library periodicals is not acceptable, they do it
> anyway. I would like to know if other libraries have different fines for
> materials which are simply lost or accidentally damaged, as opposed to
> intentionally defaced. Thank you in advance. Please respond to
>
> Rosemary Henders, rosemaryh@wccb.wcc.cc.il.us
> Waubonsee Community College LRC
> Sugar Grove, IL 60554
>