Actual cost of library books being late
Cody C made this Official Information request to Christchurch City Council
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From: Cody C
Dear Christchurch City Council,
Please provide the calculation / methodology that is used to determine the fee charged to customers when a book is returned to the library late and advice received on whether this fee reflects the actual cost (if available).
Yours faithfully,
Cody C
Cody C left an annotation ()
Wellington (80c / day) is the only other library in the country that’s more expensive than Chirstchurch (70c / day). The overwhelming majority have either no fees or charge 20-30c / day.
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being late
From: Cody C <[FYI request #17584 email]>
Sent: Monday, 15 November 2021 7:38 PM
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Subject: Official Information request - Actual cost of library books being
late
Dear Christchurch City Council,
Please provide the calculation / methodology that is used to determine the
fee charged to customers when a book is returned to the library late and
advice received on whether this fee reflects the actual cost (if
available).
Yours faithfully,
Cody C
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From: Cody C
Dear Ana
I understand subsequent to this request that CCC is now reviewing library late charges with a view of abolishing them which is a great result.
With this in mind, please discontinue this request if it is still needing to be worked on.
Yours sincerely,
Cody C
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Happy new year Cody!
No problem, I'll let staff know. I'll close this ticket so if you do want
to pursue this query at a later date email:
[Christchurch City Council request email]
Kind regards,
Ana Macadie
Information Advisor
Official Information Team
From: [FOI #17584 email]
Sent: January 03 11:39:13
To:[email address]
Subject: Re: [ Ticket: 495947 ] LGOIMA acknowledgement - Actual cost of
library books being late
Dear Ana
I understand subsequent to this request that CCC is now reviewing library
late charges with a view of abolishing them which is a great result.
With this in mind, please discontinue this request if it is still needing
to be worked on.
Yours sincerely,
Cody C
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Mr Rodgers left an annotation ()
The cost of processing a returned book would be the same whether the book is late or not.
It is a *penalty* to discourage lenders from holding on to books and denying other lenders from reading the book. Just like there being a penalty fee if you stay too long in a car park and that prevents other drivers from using the park.
(And the Christchurch late fee of 70c/day is cheaper than Wellington's 80c/day).
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