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$1,200 worth of overdue items returned to City library during amnesty

Councillor Gayle Martin, who promoted the fine-free day, was pleased with the results
Miranda Gathercole
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Langley City librarian Deb Buchner goes through book returns Tuesday. The library is offering amnesty on overdue books on July 25.

The City of Langley recovered $1,200 in missing items during its fines amnesty day on Saturday, July 25.

Although this is just a sliver of the estimated $400,000 worth of items checked out and never returned from libraries across the Fraser Valley, City Councillor Gayle Martin is still calling the event a success.

Forty four items were received and $400 in fines waived.

One woman returned items that had accumulated $60 in fines. She had a hard month and the amnesty day gave her a fresh start, Martin said.

Another person brought back a year-old trade manual. He couldn’t afford the fines, so he had never returned it.

The City of Langley Library amnesty day allowed people to return overdue items, borrowed from any library in the Fraser Valley regional system, without penalty.