We all know library patrons who have trouble returning library materials by the due date. Here are 2 of the 6 tips you could share with customers — via your website, Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook page — to stop the overdue cycle and help get materials back on time:

If your library does Food for Fines — letting customers pay down overdue fees by donating boxed or canned food and/or personal care items — or you're thinking of starting it, these responses to an ALA Think Tank Facebook group post

Lots of libraries do a Food for Fines week, especially during National Library Week.  But consider collaborating with a food pantry in your community, to offer a Food For Fines day on a more frequent basis.

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If you want to encourage kids to read, but their cards are blocked because of fines, consider trying a "read down" your fines project at your library.  Here are some success stories you can use as models for your library's program:

Do you have a Facebook page for your library?  If so, these 2 ideas tweeted by Kimberly Brosan look like good ideas to try:

If you're thinking about trying a "Food For Fines" program at your library as an opportunity for the library to give back to the community, here are recent posts from the Publib discussion list that offer food for thought: