Our library is 20p per day
or 40p if it's been reserved by another customer.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:14, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I bet the library
just pretend it's been reserved by someone else to get more cash out of you
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

We can't do that
It is automatically calculated by ze system when a person places a hold.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:22, Reply)

It ranges
Can be 50p per day with 1 week loan, short loan (loaned for hours) is something like £1 an hour or something :/

But as no one wants to read "Medieval Latin Verse" or "Commentary on St Augustine", I'm all dandy.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

when I was at uni
we were told that you couldn't graduate if you had overdue library books, or outstanding fines.

load of nonsense.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:17, Reply)

Oh you thieving lot
I like my library. I like my little corner of it.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:18, Reply)

Actually it's not nonsense...
Our system 'talks' to central admin, and if fines reach a certain level just prior to graduation... ZIP!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:23, Reply)

they put a block on my card
in the Classics library :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:24, Reply)

We have ze power
I'm benevolent though.
Unless you're a prick.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:27, Reply)

I'm always nice to librarians
and the one yesterday knocked ten pounds off my total fine. Which meant £36.50 instead
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:27, Reply)

I'd have rounded it down to ten or twenty

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:29, Reply)

I wish you were my librarian
since it was a genuine mistake as well. I was ill over Easter and in Ireland, and I've been ill half of term as well
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:30, Reply)

Without a doctor's not they might not have given you the time of day
But £20 is the biggest punishment we're likely to hand out, unless it's for a replacement.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:33, Reply)

I have a missing book
valued at £270 :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:35, Reply)

Oh my poor girl
Please try to find a cheaper one, They'll accept it, but ask them first.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:36, Reply)

am searching :(
everywhere just tells me 'limited availability'

Would they accept it if it was a slightly different edition?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:51, Reply)

Ask em
Maybe as a last resort
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:52, Reply)

haha
I got out the Commentary on St Augustine last week.

I still haven't found this Darwell-Smith book, and I don't have £270 to pay to the library
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:17, Reply)

Can't you find one on AbeBooks or something?
And "pretend" the cover fell off?

I can't find my copy of Petronius. But that's not due til the 14th so I'm ok.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:19, Reply)

Nowhere sells it
disadvantage of one of the biggest libraries in England, is they have all sorts of odd pieces hanging around
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:20, Reply)

Eeeeek
I'm sure it'll turn up. Have you advertised?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:21, Reply)

Yup
took your advice and did a poster. Haven't had any news yet
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 13:21, Reply)