Baltimore Library System Ends Fines For Overdue Materials

BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Baltimore’s public library system has eliminated all fines on overdue books and other materials, becoming what it says is the first major urban library system on the East Coast to do so.
Enoch Pratt Free Library President Heidi Daniel tells The Baltimore Sun that the move implemented Monday serves as a goodwill gesture to the community. The new policy erases $186,000 in penalties for 26,000 and reinstates membership for 13,000 borrowers whose cards have been blo