Prompt billing for inter-Minerva items
Libraries within the Minerva Consortium are obligated to inform a Minerva patron’s home library when an inter-library loaned item has reached the status of billed (20 days overdue). A copy of the patron’s bill must be sent to the patron’s home library at the same time as the patron bill is generated. This advanced notice will allow the patron’s home library to help facilitate the return of the billed item. If the item’s status remains “billed” for more than 45 days the owning library then bills the borrowing library directly. The borrowing library is now responsible for payment of the item to the owning library. Bills must be sent and payment must be made in a timely manner. If the owning library does not bill within 1 year of the date on which the item attains billed status, no compensation is necessary.
[approved by Executive Board 11-14-2012]
