Chicago´s public library system to go fine-free
Dies ist eine satirische Website. Nimm es nicht ernst Es ist ein Witz.
2059 42548 Teilen
POVERTY
The change is to help low-income people regain access to their libraries, write John Byrne and Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas.
CHICAGO public libraries will stop fining people for overdue books and wipe away patrons outstanding debt, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday, saying she wants to help low-income people who have been locked out of borrowing from their neighborhood libraries regain access to the system.
Starting Tuesday, books people check out automatically will renew up to 15 times if nobody else places a hold on them, according to a release from the Chicago Public Library. Items will be marked as „lost“ and accounts will be charged replacement costs one week after the last due date, but the charge will be cleared if the item is returned.
However, many books are no longer going back. Some people keep these to learn or use for resale. This is a major disadvantage of the whole project. And of course not allowed. Not only for the lenders, but also for the learning people who should have received these books.
Libraries also make a lot of losses. Due to the loss of certain books, these have to be bought in order not to reduce the range of knowledge. Libraries receive money through fees due to late delivery of other books, but this only covers a very small part of the money needed to buy back all stolen books.
Dies ist eine satirische Website. Nimm es nicht ernst Es ist ein Witz.