Fax charges - sending/receiving
Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea [cid:6d376b67-8656-44fa-9b46-82c33463c896] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax [cid:ac16b318-3aab-4268-91c2-34202c954b3e]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature>
Hi, To Send, we charge $1 per fax number, it does not matter if it is one or 20 pages. This doesn't matter what the content is nor how much staff time involved. To receive, we charge .10 cents per page coming in. Rebecca Parker Circulation Supervisor Charlevoix Public Library 231-547-2651 [X] ________________________________ From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea [cid:6d376b67-8656-44fa-9b46-82c33463c896] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax [cid:ac16b318-3aab-4268-91c2-34202c954b3e]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature>
Hi Andrea, We don't charge at all for faxes. We're a small library and don't get a ton of fax requests. We have internet faxing so it doesn't cost us anything except staff time and that is minimal. We also have not ever received an incoming fax since we just got faxing ability about a year and a half ago, but if that becomes an issue, I would probably charge 10 cents/page for black & white, 50 cents for color, same as our copy/print pricing. Deb Hemmye Library Director Huntington Woods Public Library 26415 Scotia Road Huntington Woods, MI 48070 248-543-9720, ext. 686 Currently listening to Bone Valley: A True Story of Justice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida, by Gilbert King From: "Michlib" <michlib-l@liblists.org> To: "Michlib" <michlib-l@liblists.org>, "Andrea Ingmire" <aing@pwpl.info> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 10:07:34 AM Subject: [Michlib-l] Re: Fax charges - sending/receiving Hi, To Send, we charge $1 per fax number, it does not matter if it is one or 20 pages. This doesn't matter what the content is nor how much staff time involved. To receive, we charge .10 cents per page coming in. Rebecca Parker Circulation Supervisor Charlevoix Public Library 231-547-2651 From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__outlook.office.com_bookwithme_user_3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361-40pwpl.info-3Fanonymous-26ep-3Dsignature&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=sW0QtgsUF_VTgHYbMLAYDX2ikQwQhwFgtcNmyu5STJQ&m=NZUmE0z29ZWIboHucEGksZQg6r1ognu886TuEBBRntUciQRKxDj6jr6rpFV97dKA&s=WPUjX780E-hM0LbpLE1_8EIA1O1u1sXiutA3grJFLeI&e= ] [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__outlook.office.com_bookwithme_user_3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361-40pwpl.info-3Fanonymous-26ep-3Dsignature&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=sW0QtgsUF_VTgHYbMLAYDX2ikQwQhwFgtcNmyu5STJQ&m=NZUmE0z29ZWIboHucEGksZQg6r1ognu886TuEBBRntUciQRKxDj6jr6rpFV97dKA&s=WPUjX780E-hM0LbpLE1_8EIA1O1u1sXiutA3grJFLeI&e= | Book time to meet with me ] _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org
So many great responses! To clarify the max is from a fee perspective (ex: $1/page with a max fee of $10) and not # of pages sent/received. I'm not sure my email was quite clear in that regard ;) I will summarize responses for the list. Thanks again! Andrea ________________________________ From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea [cid:6d376b67-8656-44fa-9b46-82c33463c896] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax [cid:ac16b318-3aab-4268-91c2-34202c954b3e]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature>
Our fee is $1.50 for the first page and .50 every page after that. No charge for the cover sheet. It is $1.00 a page to receive. On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l < michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
So many great responses! To clarify the max is from a fee perspective (ex: $1/page with a max fee of $10) and not # of pages sent/received. I'm not sure my email was quite clear in that regard ;)
I will summarize responses for the list. Thanks again! Andrea
------------------------------ *From:* Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM *To:* Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving
Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax?
We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service.
Many thanks! Andrea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Andrea Ingmire* Library Director
Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855
906-226-4303 Office
906-228-9510 Library Main Number
906-226-1783 Library Fax
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We charge $3 for the first page and $1 for each additional page after that. No charge for the cover sheet. We do not receive faxes as a service to patrons, so we don’t have charges set up for that. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Wolverine Community Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 11:18:05 AM To: Andrea Ingmire <aing@pwpl.info> Cc: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Re: Fax charges - sending/receiving Our fee is $1.50 for the first page and .50 every page after that. No charge for the cover sheet. It is $1.00 a page to receive. On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org<mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org>> wrote: So many great responses! To clarify the max is from a fee perspective (ex: $1/page with a max fee of $10) and not # of pages sent/received. I'm not sure my email was quite clear in that regard ;) I will summarize responses for the list. Thanks again! Andrea ________________________________ From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org<mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org<mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org>> Subject: [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea [cid:ii_19a92d1c876c22e2d891] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax [cid:ii_19a92d1c8769e76cff82]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361@pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org<mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org> To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org<mailto:michlib-l-leave@liblists.org>
Our normal fee schedule is $1/per page with max fee of $10 per fax, with no charge for the cover sheet to send. To receive, we charge $.25 per page. However, we did have a generous donor pre-pay for some of our services, including faxes, so the individual patron is not currently being charged. We are just tracking numbers to know when we reach the end of the donation. Thanks! Marie Tsuji Delton District Library 330 N. Grove St, Delton, MI 49046 269-623-8040 www.deltonlib.org From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 11:23 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org>; Andrea Ingmire <aing@pwpl.info> Subject: [Michlib-l] Re: Fax charges - sending/receiving So many great responses! To clarify the max is from a fee perspective (ex: $1/page with a max fee of $10) and not # of pages sent/received. I'm not sure my email was quite clear in that regard ;) I will summarize responses for the list. Thanks again! Andrea _____ From: Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org <mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 8:15 AM To: Stair Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org <mailto:michlib-l@liblists.org> > Subject: [Michlib-l] Fax charges - sending/receiving Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361 @pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/3193da10121b499fb20ea87e1c89c361 @pwpl.info?anonymous&ep=signature> Book time to meet with me
Hi, Andrea: We charge $0.15/page for sending with no limit. I've empowered my staff to waive the fees if it's for court/state filings, employment, or medical. Interestingly, people are so happy we're providing the service at that rate, so they just gratefully pay for it anyhow. We do not receive faxes for patrons, so we don't charge for that. *Glenn Fischer, MSI <https://www.si.umich.edu/programs/master-science-information> (he/him)Library Director* | gfischer@dewittlibrary.org Phone: 517-668-7081 | dewittlibrary.org On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l < michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax?
We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service.
Many thanks! Andrea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Andrea Ingmire* Library Director
Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855
906-226-4303 Office
906-228-9510 Library Main Number
906-226-1783 Library Fax
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Hi Andrea, Better late than never! Van Buren District Library charges .15 cents per page, both sending and receiving. The staff are the ones who process the faxes on behalf of the patrons. .15 per page was a recent price reduction to bring it inline with our copying fees. We offer faxing as a service and it’s not intended to be a money maker. Most people who send faxes are not people of means and they only need to send a sheet or two, though every now and again we’ll have a patron who needs to send a voluminous fax. For the most part our patrons don’t experience the need to receive faxes, only to send them. Until this past June we charged the following: A. Cover sheet when sent with regular pages ................................. $0.00 B. First 10 sheets sent cost per page.................................................. $0.50 C. Each additional sheet after the first 10 pages.............................. $1.00 D. Each sheet receiving B & W............................................................ $0.15 E. Each sheet receiving color (if available)....................................... $0.40 Earlier in the year the staff lobbied me to bring the faxing fees inline with our copying fees, because, as previously stated, most in need of fax service are not people of means. I agreed with them and brought it to the Library Board, which amended our policy. You may find our current Miscellaneous Fees Policy here: https://www.vbdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CUS-04-Miscellaneous-Fees-Po... <https://www.vbdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CUS-04-Miscellaneous-Fees-Policy-20250624.pdf> Dan Hutchins Executive Director Van Buren District Library 200 North Phelps Street Decatur, MI 49045 dhutchins@vbdl.org ph: 269-423-4771 www.vbdl.org
On Nov 17, 2025, at 8:15 AM, Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax?
We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service.
Many thanks! Andrea
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Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax
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We charge $1 per fax number, 0.25 per page incoming Jacqueline LaFreniere, Director Beaver Island District Library 26400 Donegal Bay Road PO Box 246 Beaver Island, MI 49782 (231) 448-2701 On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM Dan Hutchins via Michlib-l < michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
Hi Andrea,
Better late than never!
Van Buren District Library charges .15 cents per page, both sending and receiving. The staff are the ones who process the faxes on behalf of the patrons. .15 per page was a recent price reduction to bring it inline with our copying fees. We offer faxing as a service and it’s not intended to be a money maker. Most people who send faxes are not people of means and they only need to send a sheet or two, though every now and again we’ll have a patron who needs to send a voluminous fax. For the most part our patrons don’t experience the need to receive faxes, only to send them.
Until this past June we charged the following: A. Cover sheet when sent with regular pages ................................. $0.00
B. First 10 sheets sent cost per page.................................................. $0.50
C. Each additional sheet after the first 10 pages.............................. $1.00
D. Each sheet receiving B & W............................................................ $0.15
E. Each sheet receiving color (if available)....................................... $0.40
Earlier in the year the staff lobbied me to bring the faxing fees inline with our copying fees, because, as previously stated, most in need of fax service are not people of means. I agreed with them and brought it to the Library Board, which amended our policy.
You may find our current Miscellaneous Fees Policy here:
https://www.vbdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CUS-04-Miscellaneous-Fees-Po...
Dan Hutchins Executive Director Van Buren District Library 200 North Phelps Street Decatur, MI 49045 dhutchins@vbdl.org ph: 269-423-4771 www.vbdl.org
On Nov 17, 2025, at 8:15 AM, Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l < michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote:
Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax?
We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service.
Many thanks! Andrea
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Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax
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We charge $1.00 for the first page and 25 cents for each page after that and we charge 25 cents a page for incoming faxes. Trixie McMeeking Homer Public Library On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:26:15 -0500, Jacqueline LaFreniere via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: We charge $1 per fax number, 0.25 per page incoming Jacqueline LaFreniere, Director Beaver Island District Library 26400 Donegal Bay Road PO Box 246 Beaver Island, MI 49782 (231) 448-2701 On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM Dan Hutchins via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: Hi Andrea, Better late than never! Van Buren District Library charges .15 cents per page, both sending and receiving. The staff are the ones who process the faxes on behalf of the patrons. .15 per page was a recent price reduction to bring it inline with our copying fees. We offer faxing as a service and it’s not intended to be a money maker. Most people who send faxes are not people of means and they only need to send a sheet or two, though every now and again we’ll have a patron who needs to send a voluminous fax. For the most part our patrons don’t experience the need to receive faxes, only to send them. Until this past June we charged the following: A. Cover sheet when sent with regular pages ................................. $0.00 B. First 10 sheets sent cost per page.................................................. $0.50 C. Each additional sheet after the first 10 pages.............................. $1.00 D. Each sheet receiving B & W............................................................ $0.15 E. Each sheet receiving color (if available)....................................... $0.40 Earlier in the year the staff lobbied me to bring the faxing fees inline with our copying fees, because, as previously stated, most in need of fax service are not people of means. I agreed with them and brought it to the Library Board, which amended our policy. You may find our current Miscellaneous Fees Policy here: https://www.vbdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CUS-04-Miscellaneous-Fees-Po... Dan Hutchins Executive Director Van Buren District Library 200 North Phelps Street Decatur, MI 49045 dhutchins@vbdl.org ph: 269-423-4771 www.vbdl.org On Nov 17, 2025, at 8:15 AM, Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks! Andrea <Outlook-ec24t4xn.jpg> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4303 Office 906-228-9510 Library Main Number 906-226-1783 Library Fax <Outlook-ocltt5q1.png> Book time to meet with me _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org
We charge $1.00 per fax, no per page cost. We aren't able to receive incoming faxes at this time. Jill Rauh, Public Services Librarian Benton Harbor Public Library 213 E. Wall St. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 269-926-6139 www.bentonharborlibrary.com The information and views presented do not necessarily represent those of the Benton Harbor Public Library. On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 04:10:31 PM EST, Trixie L. McMeeking via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: We charge $1.00 for the first page and 25 cents for each page after that and we charge 25 cents a page for incoming faxes. Trixie McMeeking Homer Public Library On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:26:15 -0500, Jacqueline LaFreniere via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: We charge $1 per fax number, 0.25 per page incoming Jacqueline LaFreniere, DirectorBeaver Island District Library 26400 Donegal Bay Road PO Box 246Beaver Island, MI 49782 (231) 448-2701 On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM Dan Hutchins via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: Hi Andrea, Better late than never! Van Buren District Library charges .15 cents per page, both sending and receiving. The staff are the ones who process the faxes on behalf of the patrons. .15 per page was a recent price reduction to bring it inline with our copying fees. We offer faxing as a service and it’s not intended to be a money maker. Most people who send faxes are not people of means and they only need to send a sheet or two, though every now and again we’ll have a patron who needs to send a voluminous fax. For the most part our patrons don’t experience the need to receive faxes, only to send them. Until this past June we charged the following: A. Cover sheet when sent with regular pages ................................. $0.00 B. First 10 sheets sent cost per page.................................................. $0.50 C. Each additional sheet after the first 10 pages.............................. $1.00 D. Each sheet receiving B & W............................................................ $0.15 E. Each sheet receiving color (if available)....................................... $0.40 Earlier in the year the staff lobbied me to bring the faxing fees inline with our copying fees, because, as previously stated, most in need of fax service are not people of means. I agreed with them and brought it to the Library Board, which amended our policy. You may find our current Miscellaneous Fees Policy here:https://www.vbdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CUS-04-Miscellaneous-Fees-Po... Dan Hutchins Executive Director Van Buren District Library 200 North Phelps Street Decatur, MI 49045 dhutchins@vbdl.org ph: 269-423-4771 www.vbdl.org On Nov 17, 2025, at 8:15 AM, Andrea Ingmire via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: Curious what you all are charging for patron faxes (not interested in self-service fax machines, only fees for your staff to be involved in the faxing). Sending, per page - do you have a max fee/fax?Receiving, per page - do you have a max fee/fax? We are seeing quite a few courts document related faxes that are 20+ pages and the fee for those faxes seems out of line with the amount of work our staff are putting into the sending of them. We're looking at adding a max fee/fax and I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing regarding fees for this service. Many thanks!Andrea <Outlook-ec24t4xn.jpg>~~~~~~~~~~~~~Andrea IngmireLibrary Director Peter White Public Library217 North Front StreetMarquette, MI 49855906-226-4303 Office906-228-9510 Library Main Number906-226-1783 Library Fax | <Outlook-ocltt5q1.png> | | Book time to meet with me | | _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org
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