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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I've always thought late fees on library books were absurd. This just proves that point.
Sometimes I will check out a book and not actually get around to reading it for a week or so, but by the time I'm halfway through it the late fees will start to accrue. Perhaps it is time to do away with these archaic late fees and simply allow people to pay for infinite access. Some access will have to be subsidized, but that's just par for the course.
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Late fees are a tool to get you to return the book on time so someone else can read it. Libraries don't have infinite budgets so they can buy infinite copies for infinite patrons. As long as paper books are loaned out, late fees must stay in place.