Hmm, that's a bit overdue...
Aug. 8th, 2005 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoAccording to the Apr/May/Jun issue of OCLC Newsletter, a library user in Orchard Park, NJ recently returned a book that was 24 years overdue.
This is not too unusual, it happens now and then. The unusual thing was, this user actually paid his fine: $2190.
Most libraries limit fines when they reach the replacement value of the book. The only information provided here is that it was "a book on camping" and I doubt that even a first edition of Nessmuk's Woodcraft would reach that value. Must have been an amiable agreement that allowed him to deduct it as a donation, eh?
This is not too unusual, it happens now and then. The unusual thing was, this user actually paid his fine: $2190.
Most libraries limit fines when they reach the replacement value of the book. The only information provided here is that it was "a book on camping" and I doubt that even a first edition of Nessmuk's Woodcraft would reach that value. Must have been an amiable agreement that allowed him to deduct it as a donation, eh?
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Date: 2005-08-08 10:33 am (UTC)What I want to know is, was the guy who returned it longhaired, shaggy, and looked like he'd been in the woods for 24 years?
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Date: 2005-08-08 10:54 am (UTC)We'll never pay for a new staff position with fines. The fines account does cover loss and breakage stuff, mostly.