Editorial: Good riddance to library late fees
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Dec 23, 2019
2 minutes
Goodbye and good riddance to library late fees.
Starting next spring, the Los Angeles Public Library will join a growing number of library systems around the country that have eliminated late fees on overdue books.
Late fees have been around almost as long as public libraries themselves, and have been relied on for generations as the best way to discourage borrowers from keeping books past their due dates. But
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