Amnesty on overdue and lost library books in July

Waikato district library users with lost or significantly overdue items can return them at no charge and without question during the Waikato District Council’s library amnesty in July.

All six Waikato district libraries; Huntly, Meremere, Ngaruawahia, Raglan, Te Kauwhata and Tuakau are offering the lost item amnesty.

Waikato District Council General Manager stakeholder relations Jo Ireland said the amnesty will only apply to borrowed items that are more than 35 days overdue or have been classed as “lost” on the user’s library card.
“It won’t apply to rental charges on returned items, and overdue fees cannot be retroactively claimed back,” said Ms Ireland.

A total of 3580 items are recorded as lost and 49 as missing from the Waikato district libraries, at a combined estimated value of more than $16,000.

“We’d really like to get these resources back, and encourage everyone who has any of these items to bring them back any time during July and continue to use the libraries, with a totally clean slate.”