No grown-ups allowed
The public library in my community has some terrific resources--not for Christians, not for conservatives--but great for those fascinated by entertainment, popular culture, audio-video, business, computer technology, scrapbooking, gourmet recipes, painting, travel and fiction readers. However, this is beyond the pale.
- READ DOWN FINES
Tuesday, Janury 8 at 7 p.m.
Lane Road Branch Library
Got fines? Arrive at the Lane Road Library downstairs meeting room at 7 p.m. and read for one hour. You will receive a voucher for up to $8 off of existing fines for overdue materials. Be sure to arrive on time and with reading material in hand.
I don't know how many Upper Arlington library users have fines at a level that they are willing to work them off at minimum wage in the basement of a library on a cold January night, but I'm willing to bet, not many. And does the library get money by doing this? Of course not! It's just a way to insult and belittle people who owe you money. Why not, 1) write off the fine and take away their library privileges, or 2) send them a letter after dunning them with phone calls at dinner time, 3) Hire a collection agency if the fine is really large.
Upper Arlington has a median family income of $90,208, the average home is valued at $324,200, 98% of the residents are high school graduates and 68% are college graduates. A deadbeat is a deadbeat, no matter what the income. However, reading for minimum wage doesn't sound like it would have much appeal for this community.
Disclaimer: I do not owe any fines to UAPL. I do, however, owe OSUL $12, and have for about 15 years. They don't expect you to pay unless you owe $50. I did try to pay it before I retired, but there was no one in the business office that day who knew how to do it.
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My wife told me this morning that she got fines at UA Library. She said she is going to talk with them this afternoon about it.
We are members at both UA and Columbus Libraries.
Fines are at the top of my list of why we buy. Also at the top of my list are the reasons you mentioned AND the lack of current scientific books. If you want to do a research paper on nuclear power, you'll be lucky if you'll find a book that mentions Chernobyl.
Sara
dbmom: I can't remember if you homeschool, but many PLs are disasters for homeschoolers. I don't know if it is because of the left-leaning of the library profession and they assume homeschoolers are conservatives, or if it is because they are part of the city/county government and think all kids should go to public school. I've checked the closed reference shelf for science at my PL, and some of the stuff would have been too old for my kids (80s).
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