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What’s New:
Food for Fines Amnesty Week
December 9th – December 15th, 2007

The three University of Rhode Island campus libraries located in

will sponsor “Food for Fines Amnesty Week” from Sunday, December 9, through Saturday, December 15, 2007.

During the hours that the libraries are open, patrons may bring in canned goods or non-perishable items to be donated to The Rhode Island Community Food Bank instead of paying fines on overdue material.

The Details

If you have current* URI regular fines, fines from Interlibrary Loan, the Media Resources Center, or returned billed book fines, bring in a food item to help out the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and you will receive forgiveness for your fines.

Your fines may be from any URI campus: Kingston, CCE (Providence), or Pell (Narragansett).

Billed items and fines from URI Reserves or fines from other libraries within the HELIN Consortium are NOT eligible for URI Amnesty Days.

One food item for every $10.00 in fines.

Suggested foods include:

Canned tuna, salmon, chicken, turkey, beef stew, ham
Peanut butter
Canned fruits and vegetables, including juices, dried fruits
Red or brown beans – dried or canned
Milk – evaporated or powdered
Pasta, oatmeal, cereal, rice, macaroni & cheese

Please – no candy or sweets of any kind.

*Some restrictions apply. Call 401-874-2672 for details.

Contacts for Kingston:
a. Brian T. Gallagher, Head of Access Services – btg@uri.edu * 874-9524
b. Sandy Sheldon, Head of Circulation – sandys@uri.edu * 874-8635

Contact for Narragansett:
Roberta Doran, Coordinator of Library Services – rdoran@gso.uri.edu * 874-6546

Contact for Providence:
Joanna Burkhardt, Head of CCE Library – jburkhardt@uri.edu, 277-5133

Last updated: 12/03/07.

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