AAC Meeting decisions
- At today's meeting (Friday, Nov 9th), we voted on the proposal to block patrons on the second overdue. The vote was not conclusive. Libraries who did not attend will be asked for their vote. We'll report back on the conclusion once all libraries have been given the opportunity to vote.
- We agreed to circulate Playaways without headphones and batteries. Individual libraries may choose to sell these or give them to patrons on a one-time basis. References to batteries and headphones will be removed from the bibliographic records.
- We agreed to give all items the possibility of 2 renewals. Items with holds will still not be renewable.
- We agreed to remove the special loan rules for CD-ROMS. CD-ROMs will now circulate the same as books, sharing the same loan rules. Short loan Itypes will be created.
- We agreed to create a new Itype (79) for console games (Xbox, PS2, Wii, etc.). These items will now circulate the same as books, sharing the same loan rules. Short loan Itypes will be created as well.
- We agreed to recommend that all ILL fines be at least the maximum fine rate charged by that library.
- We agreed to change how we communicate the number of items in a CD, DVD, Audiobook or book with disc:
- All popups that read "check for ___ discs" (or some variation thereof) will be deleted by the OWLS office
- The OWLS office will send a list to each library of all of their remaining items with popup messages
- The OWLS office will order green flourescent labels (with permanent adhesive) pre-printed with the words "Check for ____ disc(s)", similar to the short loan stickers.
- Libraries can chose to either:
- indicate the number of discs by placing these stickers next to the barcode
- print the number of discs on their spine labels
- Libraries may retroactively convert their collections, but are not required to do so. Existing labels do not need to be replaced.
- Libraries may put stickers on other libraries items.
