To: The Delaware State House, The Delaware State Senate, and Governor John Carney
Petition For Library Fee Reform In The Delaware Library System
"The Delaware Library Systems is a system of learning and should not be in the business of collecting excessive late fees and administrative fees. A Family that travels between two homes, like in a joint custody situation, the custodial parent and or the non custodial parent, should have a fair program in place, which is better then what is in place now.”
Why is this important?
“The United States forgave the British Troops for damaging 3,000 volumes of irreplaceable Government Property in 1815, when British Troops burned down the Capitol Building in Washington. Why should Library Patrons, which donate books and support causes, be fined a daily fee and the cost of book and a administrative fee when citizen fail to return a book, worth less the $1.00, a pardon system or a system in place where books can be renewed more the three times is needed, this situation feels like the Delaware Library System, has inflicted a genocide on it’s own patrons.”
Library of Congress. Fascinating Facts. http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html
1. All Libraries need to come with a way to collect Library fees, from books taken out by children, fees should not exceed the value of the books, returned late, as Libraries are a non profit.
2. A deactivated library card should be able to be reactivated, without any type of penalty placed on the individual, since this should cost nothing, the library should not make a profit and serve the community. If giving each child a separate library cards for each domicile is a problem, then at least come with a system for the children to use the library, while the issue that happened while traveling between the children joint custody life, should not ban them from the library, while in childhood, as it is common reaction for one or both parents to simple stop using the library, if to many debts come from books returned late or lost.
3. Lost books are charged a administration fee, in addition to the cost of the book, penalties where meant to redeem people, not for a non profit to make a profit and lose underage children’s business and adults, the bottom line stop parent from taking children to the library, books are left in schools, playgrounds and buses and become beyond the control of the parent in charge.