<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-613b009d-7fff-6fda-15a0-7c3f5cc60087" style=""><div style=""><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Here's the ALA statement around this and just two of the public libraries who went fine free and do a wonderful job explaining the decision. Take a look! </span></font></div><div style=""><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><ul style="font-size:large;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/economicbarriers" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Economic Barriers to Information Access</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,” Interpretations of the Bill of Rights, American Library Association, Accessed July 5, 2017.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.oppl.org/news-events/announcements/on-june-1-we-go-fine-free/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“On June 1, we go fine free</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,” Oak Park Public Library, May 5, 2017. (no adult or youth fees for all patrons.)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-613b009d-7fff-6fda-15a0-7c3f5cc60087" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.addisonlibrary.org/content/were-fines-free" style="font-size:large;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“We are fines free!”</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Addison Public Library, November 1, 2016.</span></span><font size="4" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </font><br></p></li></ul></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Kate Houston</b></div><div><b>School Corps Librarian</b> </div><div>Multnomah County Library </div><div>503.988.4021</div><div><a title="http://multcolib.org/" href="http://multcolib.org/" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a> </div><div><a href="http://multcolib.org/outreachsurvey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">multcolib.org</font>/outreachsurvey</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"> <img src="https://multco.us/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/AllAreWelcome_email-signature_PRIDE_ENGLISH.jpg" width="96" height="63"></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:49 AM Robert Lanxon <<a href="mailto:LanxonR@milwaukieoregon.gov">LanxonR@milwaukieoregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">It means that patrons can continue to use the library without being adversely punished for being poor or of limited means. It also means that the library moves away from being punitive. LOL.. I suspect desk staff would love to have that
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not sure how it cheapens the value of the collection, so I can’t address that issue.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,44,61)">ROBERT LANXON<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rita J Radford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2019 11:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diedre Conkling <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank">diedre08@gmail.com</a>>; libs-or@listsmart. osl. state. or. us <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Fine Free Libraries<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Will someone please explain to me the advantage of "fine-free"? In my thinking it removes responsibility from the patron and cheapens the value of our collections. This is only the second time I've heard of this concept so perhaps I don't have the whole
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<p>In the dark,<br>
Rita Radford<br>
Riddle City Library<u></u><u></u></p>
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On January 25, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Diedre Conkling <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank">diedre08@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just noticed that not all of the Oregon libraries without fines are on this map, <u></u><u></u></p>
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