There is a sense of responsibility that goes away when you can keep books indefinitely. The example here is that the books will be automatically renewed up to 1

There is a sense of responsibility that goes away when you can keep books indefinitely. The example here is that the books will be automatically renewed up to 15 times and then the borrower is charged (until they return the book). I get that these small fines can be a burden to lower income folks. I suspect that there will be a ton of books that are never returned and borrowers will be charged and they will feel that same burden. Yes, this is contrary to what the 1983 study in the article states. I'd like to see a recent study - perhaps a follow up in a year in Chicago.