Earlier this year, James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” had been returned to New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts after over 119 years.
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Just recently, a copy of Chauncey Brewster Tinker’s translation of the Old English poem Beowulf, has just been returned to Sewickley Public Library after 54 years.
Under the overdue policy of the library when it was first borrowed, it would have accrued around $1,000 in fines, with a 5-cent-per-day fine. However, Sewickley’s post on Instagram said that they would have just charged the cost of the item instead since it had been gone for so long. The borrower would have owed $0.98.
Luckily, the post mentions that Sewickley is a fine-free library today, so there would have been no worries of further repercussions for the borrower. As long as the books are returned, the account will be cleared and they can borrow books again.
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Source: neatorama