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> how does the library system reward good actors One thought would be to take a page from airlines and institute the equivalent of status tiers. For example, r
by teeray 7y ago
> how does the library system reward good actors
One thought would be to take a page from airlines and institute the equivalent of status tiers. For example, returning books on time gets you further towards the front of the line when waiting for items on-hold and earlier access to new releases.
- beatgammit 7y agoOr perhaps just more concurrently checked out books. Increase your maximum books for good behavior, decrease it for bad behavior (perhaps minimum of 3 books, maximum of 50 or something like that). Also, show the current no-late steak when checking out books and perhaps publicly display a list of everyone who has a perfect record for a period of time. Also, as for the stick, perhaps temporary suspensions for consistent bad behavior would work.
- vanniv 7y agoMy library (which does still have late fees) does this. You can get 5 books at a time, initially, and you can keep them for 21 days, and you can renew by phone once per book (so long as they're not on reserve for someone else). If you have had your card for >90 days, and have borrowed and returned >10 books, you instead are allowed 20 books at a time (no more than 5 per topic/category), and can renew twice before returning. But if you run up too many fees, you go back to the 5-book-limit.