This week’s cover girl in the Whistler Question is Pemberton and District Library Director, Shannon Ellis, who must be doing something right – Pemby’s new library has seen a 70% increase in circulation in the last month, and 75 new members joining each month since the library opened its doors.
Even more revolutionary, it is one of the only library’s in Canada to eschew fines. Says Ellis, “Not everybody has the means to pay fines. I just don’t think that fines make people bring stuff back.”
Given the amount of money I’ve paid out in fines to the Whistler Public Library over the years, for books just one week late, I’m cheering on the Pemberton Library’s radical approach. And it certainly has freed up some change, which makes supporting the Library’s 30th anniversary bash, with champagne, live music and a raffle, an easy thing to dig into my pocket for. May 23, 7 – 10pm. Big kids only. Cos’ of the bubbles.
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[...] use is up across the province. The Pemberton library, since moving into its new facility, saw a 70% increase in circulation in April, with 75 new [...]