Universities in Lead have made almost £400k from fining students for overdue
library books in past three years.
Leads University accrued the most money from overdue
books, collecting more than £211k
in fines since the 2014/15 academic year.
Leads Beckett, which collected £147,509 was the second highest, which
Leeds Trinity University was third with fines totaling £27,682.
A spokesperson for
University of Leeds said, “The University has five libraries and nearly 33k
students, so our size is a factor in any comparison of library fines due to the
number of student we have and all fines are invested back in to our library.”
With the fine of 10p
a day for each books is overdue it shows the students are returning the thousands
of books late every year.
The universities say that all the fines which have
received will be used for the library services. The money will be spending on
resources including various books and journals, which will be beneficial for
the students.
A spokesperson further added that. “Fines are used
as a strategy to ensure prompt return of books from students and plus books
will be available for all the students in context of sharing the resources
equally. The college staff also is charged for the same.”
Students generally support the use of fines to encourage their fellow students to bring back books promptly so they will get a chance to use them.
The Leeds University spokesperson also said that. “The
cost of living is an ongoing conversation between us and the university. We
will continue to work with the libraries and ensure that students are kept
inform on policies and procedures that may lead to fines and that these are
fair and transparent.”
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