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Uh, thanks for the information, Jim,
With this new policy of collecting annual fees, RFB&D must have thought about
fee waivers. I am confidant that those who can't scrape the money together
can still subscribe free, right?
The whole idea of charging a fee for a public library is repugnant, and
probably goes against Ben Franklin's original philosophy on lending
libraries. Overdue fines seem reasonable, but not membership fees. It seems
very wrong. I'm not a Library Scientist, but I have volunteered at my local
public library, and all public libraries that I have ever heard of are funded
by the taxes that patrons pay. Libraries seem "free" like most of our
civilization's infrastructure. If RFB&D patrons will be asked to pay a
membership fee, we should expect a refund from our local libraries of print
books. We already pay taxes for libraries, so why isn't that money covering
RFB&D?
Here's an idea: What if each NFB chapter subscribed, and then all the
members could share the subscription? RFB&D would not like it, I'm sure, but
such a scheme could strengthen the chapters. This can increase the
usefulness of chapter membership, and may draw in new members.
RFB&D has a monopoly, so we cannot usually get texts from other sources. We
could probably do something collectively that would cause them to rethink the
policy.
What are everyone's ideas?
Could we hold our books hostage? (I probably have 8 of them out now.)
Can we just order one of everything before July First?
Could we send all the boxes back empty?
Fred
Frederick M. Chambers The Center for Regenerative Studies
FChambers@aol.com California State Polytechnic University
Phone: 909/468-1942 4105--202 W. Univ. Dr. Cal Poly; 91768
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