Hello Fellow Libraries! Our library is considering becoming 'fine free' in the near future. I see that some libraries, when they make this transition, make slight changes to their circulation policies that might best suit the change from fines to fine free, such as preventing patrons from checking out or using their cards if they have a certain amount of existing overdues (must be resolved before any new card transactions can be made), a shorter transition period from 'overdue to lost', etc. If anyone has made this transition and would be willing to share with me any types of changes they made to their circulation policies or overdue time periods at the same time, I would be so grateful to hear your experiences, reasoning, and reactions to these changes. Or perhaps if you became a 'fine free' institution and did NOT make any changes, I would still love to hear your experiences. reasoning, and reactions. Thank you everyone in advance for any information you can provide me-I am so appreciative of this professional, educational, and supportive community! Have a great week everyone! -- Jessica Bostian Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library 211 N. Almont Avenue Imlay City, MI 48444 810-724-8043