Cuyahoga County Public Library is turning the page — celebrating its 100th anniversary by going “fine free.” The library even started a “fine confessional” for people to call in with their past sins as they start this new chapter.
If you’ve ever had a library fine — or a lot of library fines — you know it’s a feeling that’s hard to describe.“I remember all of the guilt I’ve had over my lifetime about fines,” said Seema Rao, a lifelong Cuyahoga County Public Library patron.“I was pregnant and went to the hospital early, emergency c-section, and right after that COVID hit and everything was late…” said one library user.
“I’d often forget, I was really busy, I have a lot of excuses for my behavior,” said Rao, laughing. She’s like so many of us - the guilt of racked-up fines keeping her from even showing her face to the librarians she grew up with. So much so, she made her then-boyfriend return overdue items for her. Listen to four actual library fine confessional voicemail messages from Cuyahoga County Public Library patrons in the video player below. The names, numbers and emails have been redacted to protect the innocent.
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