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I agree that most want to be a good member of the library, but what do you do about a few bad actors? (I haven't read the policy but I guess there must still b
by konschubert 7y ago
I agree that most want to be a good member of the library, but what do you do about a few bad actors?
(I haven't read the policy but I guess there must still be some restrictions to prevent abuse.)
- naniwaduni 7y agoYou buy replacements. It's not fundamentally different from books getting generally worn out. Lending limits on categories of items effectively upper bound the cost of each individual bad actor to not prohibitively expensive.
- jakeogh 7y agoAlso I bet they deny check out until late's are retured, maybe with some buffer for lost or cant return it yet but will. I dont see it mentioned in the article. Smart move imho. Bravo CPL. I bet the same result happens elsewhere independent of assumptions about desire to pay.
- cryptozeus 7y agoGenerally you are blocked from renting more books if you do not pay full amount of lost or not returned book after some point. My library allows 10 books at a time so if I don’t return due books then they put my account on hold.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoHow many books do you imagine they are going to keep/loose, a hundred? Paper is cheap, have a backup. Books in copyright are a bit more difficult, but still.