Please patronize your Law School’s Library
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 11:31AM Here at Marquette University we faculty enjoy generous borrowing privileges at our two Libraries. Faculty are allowed to check out books for a year at a time, and renewing them is a snap.
A while back I received an e-mail reminder from our Law School’s Library that I have a book checked-out that needed renewing. Alas, I left that e-mail in my Inbox, figuring that I’d be able to get to this “to-do” today, the day after Marquette’s graduation and for me the first day of “now-I-can-get-my-life-back-in-order.” But this morning I turned on my computer, fired up Outlook, and received another e-mail from the Law School Library, not another reminder, but this time an invoice indicating that I’m being charged for the book I had hitherto needed to renew! Oh, and the story doesn’t end there—take a look:
— Law Library Billing Notice For Non-Law Faculty/Staff —
You are now being charged for the following material that has not been returned or renewed. All Library privileges have been suspended until this amount is paid. Direct any questions to the Circulation Desk.
Inv #101467 REPLACEMENT FOR
AUTHOR: Evans, G. R.
TITLE: Law and theology in the Middle Ages
LOCATION: LAW LIBRARY
CALL NO: BX1935 .E83 2002 c.3 BARCODE: 35039018519725
DATE CHECKED OUT: 08-01-05 11:49AM
DATE DUE: 05-11-07
ITEM CHARGE: $390,190.72
PROCESSING FEE: $0.00
BILLING FEE: $15.00
TOTAL: $390,205.72
You read that correctly; the Law Library has charged me $390,205.72.
Gee, guys, couldn’t you have at least waived the Billing Fee?
Isn’t this the same Law School that just received a gift of $51 million dollars? Wait, I get it. The new Law School building is slated to cost $80 million, so they’re $29 million short. The Law Library is fund-raising!
I should probably get this taken care of….
Reader Comments (6)
What happens if one is overdue for a theology book, one wonders ... since Arts and Sciences did not get the big money, it would have been (probably) a lot more expensive there ....Hilarious!Ulrich
Painful! Made me laugh out loud when I came to the offending sum!Mike
Mark,Thanks for the laugh before I left for a long weekend. I also made a mental note to return my own overdue book!
Pondering on your humor from the Law Library: my simple arithmetical solution is to assess the cost of losing all library privileges against your penalty fee and pay up the cheaper of the two. Lesson: to avoid minor heart attack don't procrastinate on Library WARNING.
God Bless You!! Being such a sport while being threatened with death itself by such knuckle-draggers as these types...Bahhh! Continue the good work by testing all library systems in order to be sure they are in good working order.
I bet that there book is worth a dime or two on EBAY, eh????You might be able to get at least $350,000.... that's what I'ld do.....