Online Fine Payment

[Peter Schoenberg]

As part of a discussion of current and future technology issues the question
of online fine payments came up.

My question: could web4lib hear from public libraries that are accepting
online fine payments?

If yes, would appreciate your posting any info you can share or replying
directly to me.

Just a few of the questions we wondered about:
	What are bank service fees like (do service fees exceed the fine
payment amounts?)
	What sort of usage have you had?
	Do any ILS vendors offer this?
		If not part of your ILS, can your system talk to your ILS
(how are patron records updated)?

I know that Richmond Public Library is using Telus's (SRI) Library Online
product for this, we are using Telus's workstation and print management but
not the payments piece at this time.    Wondering about other options.

Thanks.
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Peter Schoenberg 
Manager - Virtual Services - Edmonton Public Library 
pschoenberg at epl.ca      www.epl.ca      (780) 496 1855 



-----Original Message-----
From: Karen G. Schneider [mailto:kgs at bluehighways.com]
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Technology at "Millennium Library" (Cerritos, C


:I am proud to say we have something no other library in the world has,
a
:Siberian tiger in our lobby.

The point of the headset is so the staff can communicate with one
another while helping patrons.  Your Siberian tiger isn't doing that.  

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