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In Canada libraries do not charge a borrowing fee, but some charge fees for holds. Vancouver (not sure if this is current) charged 50 cents per hold after the first 10 holds placed.
North Vancouver charges nothing for holds, but charges you if you don't cancel or pick up a book you put on hold.
Both seem reasonable to me.
I would have no objection for a small fee for library books as long as it was used to buy more books and not an excuse to cut government funding. Especially if it was done in such a way that lower income families were exempt from the fee.
Helen
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