Reading Public Library workers have heard many stories of patrons who would love to return to the library, but feel they can t because they owe long overdue late fees or never returned items.
So the library s four branches in the city and nine other libraries across Berks County are testing a pilot program that started June 1 in which late fees will no longer be charged, and which in many cases will help patrons to resolve past problems.
The library is now a fine-free operation for those who return their items before the 30th day from the due date, as they will not be assessed any late fees.
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Janet Yost, the director of the Kutztown Community Library, reshelves a copy of And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, one of six books by Dr. Seuss that will no longer be published. Yost and other librarians in Berks said they will not pull the books off the shelves without proper procedures. This can be used as a learning experience, Yost says. It opens people s eyes as to how people felt at that time.
BEN HASTY â READING EAGLE
Copies of And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, and McElligot s Pool, three of the books by Dr. Seuss that will no longer be published are part of the library at the Wyomissing Public Library.