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    Maximum fine per day?

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 18 and up

    Question

    Is it possible to have circulation fines for overdue items calculated in the following way?

    $1 per hour during library open hours
    and
    $5 maximum per day
    and
    $30 maximum in total

    So, for example, a patron could have an overdue item for 6 days, but only have a $5 max per day, adding up to a total of $30 maximum, but each overdue hour still calculated at $1.

    Answer


    By specifying Fine Method #1 in tab16, column 14, you can have an hourly fine assessed for open hours only.

    Tab16, column 23, is the maximum fine (total).

    But there is no way to specify a per-day maximum.


    • Article last edited: 18-Aug-2016
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