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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
The question, off course is, how much does those $50 fees contribute to the library's budget? If a 1,000 out of staters purchase the card I suppose they can keep one more librarian on staff, but will that leave enough to buy e-books? Or should all the $50 contributions go to buying e-books?
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In the case of my library, when an out of city person "bought" a card (20 dollars for 6 months) NONE of the contributions went to the library. Even fines go directly into a "general" city fund. The only thing that goes directly to our library bottom line is grants or donations. Other monies go to a city general fund and then the library has to solicit city council for budget needs.
So you can't assume that those funds are going to the library at all. They may or may not be. They could be going to a county, city or state fund.