Many people are late in returning their library books, but few can beat the current record of 82 years on the south Island.
ThatB次元官网网址檚 the most overdue book the Greater Victoria Public Library had turned in, a copy of Stephen LeacockB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪unshine sketches of a small townB次元官网网址� that was taken out during the First World War.
While eight decades of late fees would add up, librarian Carl Cavanagh said there wasnB次元官网网址檛 a charge.
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While the book was certainly the most overdue thing to come in, it wasnB次元官网网址檛 the strangest.
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Some of these items might be books from schools or other libraries, or even items people have used as bookmarks.
B次元官网网址淲e get pressed flowers often, you can tell the time of year because you get more and more pressed flowers in the summer. We got a $100 bill for a book mark recently, and many people use their library card,B次元官网网址� Cavanagh said. B次元官网网址淢y favourite though was someone, used for a bookmark, their television remote. IB次元官网网址檓 imagining the scene in the household B次元官网网址榳here is the television remote?!B次元官网网址� and itB次元官网网址檚 literally come back in the book.B次元官网网址�
One book came in destroyed with a humorous letter penned by an apologetic dog who offered to replace to it, but one of CavanaghB次元官网网址檚 favourite returns was an old record.
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B次元官网网址淲e havenB次元官网网址檛 lent long-playing records since the early 90B次元官网网址檚 and just recently we got this LP, itB次元官网网址檚 a fascinating thing,B次元官网网址� Cavanagh said.
The record is the soundtrack of the 1959 B次元官网网址淎natomy of a MurderB次元官网网址� movie, by Duke Ellington.
B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e not sure when it was taken out, but imagine if it was in 1959, thatB次元官网网址檚 nearly 60 years!B次元官网网址�
Despite the long overdue dates, the libraries often try to encourage people to come back. Most recently they ran a B次元官网网址淔ood for FinesB次元官网网址� campaign where people who donated food for The Mustard Seed could have their overdue fees waived.
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If, however, people have missed the mark for that event, people can still come forward.
B次元官网网址淲e encourage people to come and talk to us, weB次元官网网址檙e nice people and weB次元官网网址檒l work things out,B次元官网网址� Cavanagh said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 really important that people feel valued at the library and that we want them here, itB次元官网网址檚 not about stuff.B次元官网网址�
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