LINC Update

LINC Meeting Schedule

LINC Meeting dates for FY2010 have been announced, as follows:

LINC Directors Group (which consists of a representative from each LINC agency)

• December 2, 2009, 9:00 - 11 am

LINC Policy Council (which consists of 10 elected representatives)

• November 18, 2009, 9:30 - 11:30 am
• February 17, 2010, 9:30 - 11:30 am
• May 19, 2010, 9:30 - 11:30 am  

All meetings will be held at LTLS headquarters.   Cancellations due to weather and other factors will be announced on this LINC Update blog.

School, Academic, Special Library Borrower Record Purge

On 11/16, LTLS will begin the process of purging borrower records - for school, academic and special libraries - that meet the following criteria:

• borrower record's last use was prior to 7/15/2005
  
• borrower record has no outstanding holds
  
• borrower record has no outstanding items checked out
  
• borrower owes $5 or less in fines.
  

 The borrower record must meet *all* the conditions outlined above or it will not be selected for deletion. 

 ➜ You may request a count of borrower records that would meet the criteria above and a total of all block amounts which would be waived (on outstanding charges of $5 or less) before the actual deletion. Please contact Rita Johnson (rjohns@lincolntrail.info), by email or phone (217-352-0047 x.216) stating which library you represent and that you would like "the count of borrower records".

➜ You may request a file be sent via email, containing a list of borrower numbers/names that could *not* be deleted due to block charges exceeding the $5 threshold, or due to claims returned or lost items. Please contact Rita Johnson by email (rjohns@lincolntrail.info) stating the library you represent and that you would like "the borrower file sent".

If Lincoln Trail has not received a request for either or both of the above two choices by 11/16, the assumption will be made that it is safe to begin purging the identified borrower records.