Fed-up LIB – requires Borrowers’ Pictures on File

search-engines-web.com spotted a rather small blurb on an interesting move from Ohio. Because of recent thefts at the Clermont County library, users will now be required to have their picture taken.

Last year, a woman was convicted of not returning $10,000 worth of material to the library.

Also last year, a man gave a phony address and number, checked out 3,000 dollars worth of material, and never returned it.

From now on, Clermont County library officials say everyone applying for a new card will have his or her picture taken, which will then kept on file.

On New Years, The Library just finished it’s Amnesty for Overdue Books program [Link].