Since last October when the New York Public Library eliminated fines for overdue books, the library system has been flooded with returns. Recently, a stack of books overdue for decades came with an anonymous note.
"You know, everyone loves their books," Marx said. "I guess she kind of forgot they needed to come back into the system so that other people could enjoy them.", it has been flooded with returns.
"By eliminating fines, that meant 400,000 New Yorkers who want to use their library, had library cards, and used the library but had stopped because of the fines they'd accumulated — those 400,000 people, immediately welcome back," Marx said. The author of that anonymous note also wrote, "I am grateful and also extremely embarrassed for being selfish for not sharing these books & returning them back to the NYPL!!!"
Don't be embarrassed, Marx said. Most of us have returned library books late. And the New York Public Library is just happy to have people back inside its libraries.Advertisement
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