City Council members are set to vote Thursday on making the Austin Public Library a library system free of overdue fines — where returning a book late doesn’t come with a price. | AKMcGlinchy
Rosie Ninesling is a self-described “library delinquent.”
“What we really want to do is make sure that we’re not providing barriers to people using our amazing public library system,” Council Member Kathie Tovo, a supporter of the measure, told KUT. If council members decide to nix late fines, library users would still be expected to pay for lost, stolen or damaged items. A state law prohibits the measure from applying retroactively, meaning the council vote would not waive overdue fines for people who currently owe them.
“We’re really excited about it,” she said. “We think it’ll be a game-changer for people — people who haven’t been in the library in a long time because they feel like they can’t check out materials because they’ll have fines accumulate.” If materials remain in overdue status for a couple months, the library sends that bill to a collection agency. According to data shared with KUT, between 2018 and 2019 the Austin Public Library sent the bills from roughly 4,100 cardholders to collection agencies; that number dropped significantly during the pandemic.
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