Friday, February 29, 2008

Student indebtedness and the Saturday late shift

Please be informed that the library will no longer be overriding blocks against those students who come in to pay their fines on the Saturday Late shift (4pm – 12midnight). We know that some staff members have been giving the students a “bligh” out of sympathy, especially when they claim they did not know that they could not pay fines after 4pm and they come with money in their hand. It has been brought to our attention however, that some students are taking advantage of this and deliberately come in every Saturday to pay fines after 4pm, hoping that they may be given the override. The end result is that the fine never gets paid since many students have discovered that they are no longer blocked from sitting exams or getting their exam results because of overdue fines. Thanks to your keen observation, we have caught on to the ‘scam’.

We are therefore requesting all clerical staff who work this shift, not to override the fines block. Students have several other days in the week in which to settle their financial debts and must do so during these times. This policy has been approved by the Campus Librarian.