I have been pretty good about my current library use, because it is SO CLOSE. Though I do have currently about $5 in fines, just from day or two late things, and a book here or there that got lost under the sofa or something, and ended up being a week late. But I figure that's how the library makes money, right?
But I admit, in the past I have definitely been one of *those* buffistas. I may in fact still owe the DC library money, and never went there for years and years because of it. And I might still have a book that I've been meaning to mail back to another, ahem, university library for years. That was in my car for literally years. That I kept meaning to drive by and secretly drop off in the night. That accidentally got packed with my stuff when I moved cross country and now has to be MAILED. IJS.
I regularly use the library for books I don't feel the need to own. Right now, I'm using it to have a class set of books for Literature Circle at school. I ::heart:: the ACPL, especially the downtown branch.
But I figure that's how the library makes money, right?
Absolutely! I always tell patrons, we don't care how big a fine you rack up, as long as you pay it, you're golden. We LOVE when people pay fines.
I will, from time to time, go in, not checking out any books, and say, "I think I owe you money" and pay my outstanding fines. They do always seem pleased about that, and surprised, as I'm not over the "can't check out books" limit.
Hil, have you read The Men of Mathematics by Bell, and, if so, do you think my 12 year old nephew would be able to read it?
Sorry, I haven't read it.
You know what broke of returning books late. My library waives the late fine when you return them. That meant I did not have the guilt alleviation of being a revenue source, so I just started returning them on time.
[edit] yeah, my conscience=weird
My library waives the late fine when you return them.
HAROO? Your city must have one hell of a library bond...or a loaded-ass benefactor.
Yeah, I don't get it either. Olympia, not that rich a city. And we can't pass a library bond to save our asses.
I will always be proud of my hometown for passing a property tax increase
to keep the library open on Sundays and to expand the evening hours.
