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Dont go down that road - please. If you "borrow" someones book you rob one person of the privilege of reading it in the future. If you pull the same stunt with
by dman 15y ago
Dont go down that road - please. If you "borrow" someones book you rob one person of the privilege of reading it in the future. If you pull the same stunt with a library book you potentially rob many people well into the future. For some reason libraries are very slow to replace lost books. I guess just knowing with good certainty that the book is actually gone for good rather than placed in the wrong section would be a tough nut to crack.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI wouldn't. But it's not like I'm the only person who would think of this. So, really - are lost book fines low enough to incentivize students to steal them, ship them to get scanned, and pay the fine? Especially in the case of required textbooks.
- jarek 15y agoMy alma mater charges a minimum of $40; standard books look to be $104: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/borrowing/sanctions.html http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/borrowing/sanctions.html
- billswift 15y agoThe normal fee is the cost of the replacement and a processing fee (University of Maryland and most of the public libraries I have dealt with). When I was at the university they would accept a replacement that you bought, but still charge the processing fee to get it back on the shelf.