Re:Chicago book returns surge 240% after city eliminates fines
by reaperducer on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:06AM
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My understanding is they just wiped the slate clean. Returning the missing material was not required. But that's based on a radio report I don't remember well, so I could be wrong.
Re:Chicago book returns surge 240% after city eliminates fines
by mumblemumble on Monday November 11, 2019 @09:48AM
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If you lose the book, you can replace it with another copy in good condition.
The policy used to be that you had to pay whatever the library paid for it, which could be quite a penny if they bought one of the library editions. Now a $7 trade paperback will do.
Re:Chicago book returns surge 240% after city eliminates fines
by jmahyoung on Monday November 11, 2019 @07:03AM
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Your proposal seems reasonable and a fair way to prevent a few bad actor patrons from stealing the whole library and then claiming no repercussions.
Like, just, "please bring the books back, we'll disappear the fees and just take 'em back and all is forgiven"? Or did they just... reactivate the accounts and hope that history won't repeat?
(Genuinely curious -- the articles I've read on the subject, like this one, are all excited about more library everything, but quite light on real info)