Arlington County Puts Long Overdue Library Book on Display

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Courtesy Arlington Public Library
You probably read the cute story in the Post on Monday about a woman who returned an overdue library book to Arlington County, 31 years later. Sarah McKee, who is now retired and living in Massachusetts, found the book while cleaning out her basement and mailed it back to the library, along with a check for $25. Well today the PR savvy Arlington Public Library announced it has created a little display of the book, along with a printout of the WaPo story, at their Central Library branch on North Quincy Street.

In a note on the Arlington Public Library's Flickr feed, a staffer explains that McKee appears to have grossly overpaid her overdue fines: "Arlington Public Library policy states that any lost item returned to the Library will have an $8.00 maximum overdue fine, charged regardless of the due date. Otherwise, Ms. McKee would have had to pay the replacement cost for the item ($6.50). Patrons pay one or the other (lost fee or overdue fine), but not both."

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The velvet rope is a nice touch. Bravo...

they even boxed it in and roped it off. not exactly a priceless treasure but i'm sure the staff is enjoying the notoriety.

Given that the last time it was removed from the library it took 31 years to get back, maybe this is not enough security.

Put the damn thing in the National Archives and STFU.

You've inspired me to return my long-overdue copies of "Heather Has Two Mommies," "Daddy's Roommate," and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the pages of which I have been unable to chisel apart.

How much would they pay me for books I want to lose? Because I've got my ex-girlfriend's copy of Atlas Shrugged holding up a loose kitchen table leg and I've been looking for an excuse to get a new table.

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