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Long Overdue: Why Public Libraries are Finally Eliminating the Late-Return Jine.
Slate ^ | February 2017 | Ruth Graham

Posted on 03/06/2017 8:32:20 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

My library system is terrific. Books and and audio books can be reserved via internet. Most can be renewed twice, also online, for a total of nine weeks. The small fines for being overdue just keep people from being careless about returning things. The same people who do not return grocery store carts to parking lot kiosks might think nothing of simply not returning books if there were no fine.


41 posted on 03/07/2017 5:44:20 AM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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To: pinkandgreenmom

True: Libraries have become a place for bums and ex-prisoners to get comfy and surf for pr0n.

I did not feel like my daughter was safe there.

It is obvious that the bums and their pr0n come before families and children.

I complained once. I was told there was nothing they could do.

Thus, the public library is dead to me. I and my people have been fully disenfranchised from it.

We just get to pay for it. That there is a crime.


42 posted on 03/07/2017 5:45:57 AM PST by T-Bone Texan
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To: Signalman

A million books available for you, well 53,000 free ebooks.
http://www.gutenberg.org


43 posted on 03/07/2017 1:49:43 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: TXBlair

#25 You hanged the book thief? ! : )


44 posted on 03/07/2017 1:52:14 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

LOL!! I’ll bet that guy never again accrues another late fee in his life!


45 posted on 03/08/2017 3:33:30 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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