Happened to be browsing the ALA TechSource site and visited their blog when I saw this post by Kate Sheehan – Fines, Day Cares and Ebooks: How Is Your Library Assigning Value. Anything that has to do with fines sparks my interest, so I read the article and was intrigued by a lot of what she said, especially the study of a day care where parents who failed to pick up their kids on time and what they did about it.  The findings weren’t what I expected and cast doubt on the conventional wisdom about overdue fines. She also talks about eBooks, a topic of much discussion in the office and around the System.  So much so, we’re dedicating two… Read More »Fines, Day Cares and eBooks