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Amnesty for guilty Donegal library
members
27.02.14
GUILTY readers who have
overdue library books lurking in their cupboards and
attics are being given an amnesty to return them.
Libraries in Co Donegal are urging members to turn
over a new leaf and return overdue items during the
month of March without having to pay fines.
So if you're tied up in knots over that overdue
'Fifty Shades of Grey' or your tardiness could
feature in the copy of 'Guinness World Records' you
borrowed in 1995, fear not.
You could even win a prize for best excuse as to why
you didn't return that borrowed book, CD or DVD.
It is Donegal County Council's first county-wide
amnesty at its 13 libraries. It hopes the initiative
will encourage absent-minded borrowers back into
their local libraries. |
"We hope by waiving
fines, it will encourage readers who feel
embarrassed by their oversight to rediscover the
pleasures in their local library which include free
access to books, online resources and weekly
activities," said a spokesperson.
Library borrowers enjoy a borrowing period of three
weeks with an extension where requested. Overdue
items incur fines of 50 cent per item per week which
accrue on members' accounts.
Some 19 million books and other items were borrowed
from Irish libraries in 2012.
Children's books accounted for nearly half of all
borrowed, the local government figures show. |
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American novel 'The
Help' was the most borrowed book of adult fiction
here in 2012 followed by John Grisham's legal
thriller 'The Litigators'.
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' topped the children's most
borrowed list.
To celebrate fines amnesty month Donegal libraries
are holding a competition for the ‘best
excuse’ for a late book!
For more information visit
www.donegallibrary.ie or contact your local
library. |
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