{"id":373,"date":"2019-11-16T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2019-11-16T04:34:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T04:34:39","slug":"libraries-eliminate-overdue-fines-sees-surge-in-book-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/libraries-eliminate-overdue-fines-sees-surge-in-book-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago among largest US cities to see library late fees eliminated, book returns increase 240%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/gladstone-library.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamrowe1\/2019\/11\/03\/chicago-libraries-late-fee-elimination-sparks-a-240-boost-in-book-returns\/#5638842c457b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chicago Public Library system has recently gotten rid of its late fees.<\/a><br> \nThe number of book returns has since increased 240%, a library official says. It\u2019s a big piece of evidence countering a major argument used by those arguing against ditching overdue fines for library books.<br><br>\n\n\u201cThe amount of books returned has increased by 240%. A huge increase in the number of books coming back,\u201d Library Commisioner Andrea Telli said while testifying at City Council budget hearings, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. \u201cWe\u2019re very, very happy to have that. \u2026 Those books have a value and cost money to buy. We want those assets back. We also want the patron to come back.\u201d<br><br>\n\nWhile Chicago is the largest major city in the US to reduce or entirely eliminate fines for overdue titles, it\u2019s far from the only one, with late-fee-less library systems in other major cities including the Salt Lake City Public Library and, most recently, the Boston Public Library, which changed its late fee policy this past Friday.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nPhoto courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/wayfaringviews.com\/surrounded-by-literature-wales-gladstones-library-hay-on-wye-bookshops\/\">Wayfaring Views<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) The Chicago Public Library system has recently gotten rid of its late fees. The number of book returns has since increased 240%, a library official says. It\u2019s a big piece of evidence countering a major argument used by those arguing against ditching overdue fines for library books. \u201cThe amount<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/libraries-eliminate-overdue-fines-sees-surge-in-book-returns\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,12],"tags":[55,46,24,23,41],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-system-thinker","post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-life-nature-society","category-movies-books-and-entertainment","category-us-and-world","tag-books","tag-education","tag-law","tag-policy","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}