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Got any overdue BPL books? Wait until next month to return them
By adamg on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 8:05pm
The Boston Public Library today announced a fine amnesty for three weeks to try to get people to return overdue books.
From Nov. 1 until Thanksgiving, you'll be able to return overdue books - and CDs and DVDs - to any BPL branch and you won't have to pay a cent in fines.
"Sometimes fines stop people from using their library," said Amy E. Ryan, President of the Boston Public Library. "This campaign is about welcoming our books back and about welcoming people back. We see it as an opportunity to say thank you to our users and to make it easier for them to be part of the everyday library community."
The amnesty only applies to material returned in November; if you already have a tab for previously returned books, you'll still have to pay up.
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Comments
A center in fines?
Adam, where is this center? So if I have an overdue book I have to go to a center to pay the fine?
/sarcasm
Center of attention
Fixed!
That is screwed up. Why
That is screwed up. Why don't they begin the amnesty immediately?
Random Guesses
1. It's easier to track the hit to the budget all in one month rather than spread over two accounting periods.
2. They only want the open window to be three weeks so they want to spend some time advertising it ahead of time to give people the full three weeks to get books in.
3. They made the decision to have the amnesty but the computer system isn't ready to allow automatic waiving of fines. So they're taking a couple of weeks to get that ready and tested.
So quit whining and dig the books out from under the couch. Set a reminder on your smart phone to return those ancient dvds after buying post-Halloween sale candy.
Books for folks unable to get to Boston Public Library.
The Fickle Pissant Librarian doesn't offer books in a way that actually works for folks unable to get to our Boston Public Library. Folks who haven't anyone in particular to designate are left without unlike at New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org/help/community-outreach/servic...
e-readers?
You can borrow e-books from your library using e-readers or the Kindle apps for other devices. Used Kindle/e-readers are fairly affordable, now that they've had them out for a few years and are making fancier tablets.
If you can afford it, a $75 Amazon prime membership gives you borrowing privileges from Amazon's library.