![]() If all their shifts overlap with library hours, how did they take out books in the first place? If you want me to believe this, show me the receipts. I absolutely do not believe it's a poor McDonald's cashier whose shifts all overlap with library hours and has no way to access a returns dropbox after hours. ![]() Late fees are charged on overdue library. You can find your item due dates by accessing your library account or by. Late Fees: 2.00 / day Maximum Fee: Varies by item Late Fees: 0.50 / day Maximum Fee: Varies by item Late Fees. So what if she sticks a library book in a corner of her house and forgets about it for two months? Who cares? If items are not returned or renewed by their due date they will incur overdue charges. I tend to assume that the average adult library patron with overdue books is like a friend of mine - she goes to the library once a month or less. $100 worth of fines bars you from taking out any more physical books but not from using the library's other services such as computers or ebooks.Ī person has overdue books because there are holds they've reached the limit of renewals (10) they just can't be bothered to renew or return their books. However, the library was satisfied with the 100 check they received as it covered the original cost of the book. The actual NYPL policy is 30 days overdue triggers the replacement fee but AFAIK it doesn't get sent to collections so there's no enforcement. The late fee for hardcover book at the library is 25 cents a day, so the 55 year overdue book would have had a fee of more than 5000. Wow, Chicago! I wasn't expecting this result at all! So either the library is doing something right, the patrons in Chicago are different than those in NYC, both, or something else. NYPL: 13 of 30 books have copies overdue for two weeks or more 42 of 607 copies are overdue two weeks or more.īPL: 9 of 30 books have overdue copies for two weeks or more 16 of 398 copies are overdue two weeks or more.ĬPL: 1 of 30 books has an overdue copy for two weeks or more 1 of 522 copies are overdue two weeks or more. I have no way to prove this because I didn't follow this in a systematic way before the change, but here's what I found of 30 random books that I recently finished reading, have out, or are on hold, comparing NYPL, BPL, and CPL. Since mid-Covid in NYC I've perceived that more books are being returned late than before Covid. (QPL too, but they're in their own little world so I'm pretending they don't exist.) J/ 4:41 PM 10 overdue books returned to library after being checked out in 1937 By Ben Hooper Bob Alvarez, 63, returned 10 books to the Somerville Public Librarys West Branch in. They charge a replacement fee after 30 days overdue. ![]() Tammy uses a 3 fine as a little icebreaker, but Leslie lashes out, not realizing she’s joking. NYPL/BPL eliminated late fees when they re-opened during Covid in 2021 and have since made the change permanent. When the library offers to build a branch on the lot Leslie wants to develop, she goes down there only to find out that Ron’s ex-wife, Tammy, initiated the plan. They charge a replacement fee after a book is 7 days overdue. In 2019, Chicago was the largest PL to eliminate overdue fines. ![]()
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