DAILY PRESS Library gives free pass for overdue visits The Santa Monica Public Library is offering an amnesty on fines for overdue materials returned in good condition to the Main and branch libraries during the week of Jan. 6 through Jan. 13.
The purpose of the amnesty is to promote the return of needed library books and media and to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the new Main Library. The amnesty does not include overdue fines accrued from previously returned materials or items owned or borrowed from other library systems. The amnesty also does not excuse billings for lost or damaged materials.
“The primary purpose of fines,” says City Librarian Greg Mullen, “is to encourage prompt return of materials. We want our materials back and into the hands of the next borrower who wants them.”
For more information on the amnesty program, call the library at (310) 458-8600.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 5, 2007. Read the original PDF.