Librarians might be the most docile people on earth, until you cross them. The late historical biographer Catherine Drinker Bowen once noted, “Librarians like to be given trouble; they exist for it, they are geared to it…. Give her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle.”
It appears the typically gentle souls in charge of the Marion County FL Public Library System are now set to do battle with procrastinators.
Effective June 1, any library patron, including parents of child borrowers, who owes more than $30 in late fees and whose borrowed materials are more than 60 days overdue will be referred to a collection agency for payment.
There are other options however, such as “reading off” your fines or volunteering at the library. Ocala Star-Banner reports.
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