Like many other libraries across the United States, CCPL began forgiving fines when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
We have continued to be very lenient with fines ever since then.
𝗔𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮, 𝗖𝗖𝗣𝗟 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.
𝗙𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆.
We've joined the ranks of countless other libraries that are already fine free, or are in the process of making this transition.
In January of 2019, the American Library Association (ALA) adopted a resolution adding the following to the ALA Policy Manual:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥."
Part of CCPL's vision is to enrich the community and to encourage the use of our facility. Going fine free helps us to accomplish this, by eliminating barriers to our library.
