Consumerist.com discusses library late fees

January 2, 2008 - 10:38am — Anonymous Patron (not verified)

An Overdue Library Book Could Scuttle Your Dreams Of Home Ownership:

Libraries are not stores. Sorry to boil it down to such a simple statement, but libraries are unique institutions (as the idiot who keeps going "What's a library?" seems to think is so funny) that provide a community service. Most library systems require you to provde a couple forms of id to get a card.