A Little Less Stress on the Bursar...

The J.D. Williams Library located on the campus of The University of Mississippi has recently addressed some issues concerning its cost of operation. The J.D. Williams Library has recently attempted to down size the hours that it allow student into the vicinity. “It is a shame that we have had to reopen the library at the 2a.m. marker for students that do everything but study,” said a senior librarian.
When asked the question what can students do to decrease the stress felt on the library’s budget and overnight library staff the senior librarian had these words, “Pay your book and overdue materials fines”
The J.D. Williams Library is one of the buildings on the campus of The University of Mississippi besides The Barnes and Noble Book Store that cannot charge fees to student’s bursar accounts. Because of the library’s inability to do automatic charges the J.D. Williams Library has been losing funding.
The J.D. Williams Library cannot automatically charge to student’s bursar accounts due to the lack of 250 thousand dollars to set and install the program. The 250 thousand dollar program would allow the library to charge book and overdue materials fees directly to each student’s bursar account. Charging to the Bursar account is just one of the many issues that the J.D. Williams Library faces. The Library cannot accept credit card, debit, check, nor do money order payments from library patrons that intend to repay their fines. All material fines for the J.D. Williams Library must be paid in cash and in person.
Students at The University of Mississippi like Jannea Vance, explains why she likes the fact that the library cannot directly charge to the Bursar account. Like Ms. Vance many students’ feel that too many expenses are piled upon their Bursar accounts causing heavy overloads in payments and academic holds upon their registration. With the continuing of Library fines having to be paid in person with cash the chances of the Library actually gathering income is very slime to not getting it at all. When asked about feelings toward the payment for the J.D. Williams Library Librarian Ashley Glover said, “I think students take advantage of not having to pay mandatory fine therefore they think they can get away without payment.


Kaylah K. JOhnson