Non-residents Will No Longer Have Free Memberships to Chattahoochee Valley Libraries

  

Starting in September, if you don't live in the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries' service area, you'll have to pay for a library card that will allow you to use these computers and other library services.

THIS MEANS HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA AND RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA  FOLKS, AMONG OTHERS, WILL HAVE TO PAY TO USE THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY LIBRARIES. WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS IF YOU DON’T PAY TAXES TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES, YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR A LIBRARY CARD.

 If don’t live in Muscogee, Marion, Chattahoochee, or Stewart Counties in Georgia, you’re going to have to pay $35 for a Chattahoochee Valley Libraries card staring in September.  

Overdue material fines will increase to 25 cents per day. 

Here’s the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries news release: 

 LIBRARIES TO CHANGE FEES SEPTEMBER 1st

EFFORT AIMED AT INCREASING ACCESS TO MATERIALS FOR AREA RESIDENTS
 
In an effort to increase area residents’ ability to access its materials, the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries will change its overdue fine policy and will implement a new Non-Resident Library Card beginning September 1, 2010.
 
On this date, fines for overdue materials will be 25 cents per day, per item. The maximum fine of $5.00 per item will remain the same, as will the $50.00 limit on customer accounts.
 
In addition, patrons who do not reside in the Libraries’ service area (Muscogee, Cusseta-Chattahoochee, Marion, and Stewart Counties) will be able to purchase an annual Non-resident Library Card to check out materials and use computers. The cost will be $35.00. Non-residents from surrounding counties who currently have a library card will be allowed to use it until its expiration date, at which time they may renew by paying the annual fee.
 
Those non-residents who own property or a business in the service area will be eligible to receive a Resident Library Card, as will students who attend local colleges or universities.
 
Guest Smart Cards, which allow 7 days of access to the Libraries’ computers for non-residents, may still be purchased for $5.00.
 
“Reductions in funding mean that we have had to reduce our materials expenditures by 11%,” says Claudya Muller, Director of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries. “We are implementing these policies to ensure that those whose property taxes support our libraries have the best chance to find the materials they need.”
 
For more information, please visit the Libraries’ website www.chattahoocheevalleylibraries.org. 

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