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SFU libraries remove fines on general collection items

Amal Javed Abdullah September 6, 2018

  SFU libraries have ceased charging fines for overdue items from their general collection until they are recalled, and they have increased borrowing and renewal time for most books to a full term. These changes were put into effect in May 2018. Formerly, all loaned library books were charged a fee of $1 for each day that they were overdue. In an email interview with The Peak, Mark Christensen, head of SFU’s libraries’ Access Services, stated that the fine for overdue books created a financial barrier for students and faculty, which made the library less accessible and harder to use.…

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