Posted a receipt from the public library sparked controversy among Internet users. On the receipt indicates the amount of money people saved by not buying new books, and using the services of the library.
A viral photo of a receipt of the public library of Wichita, Kansas, was first published by Reddit user who recently noticed that the library, which he often uses, monitors saving visitors over the years since then, as they began to use the library. According to the user who added the photo, the savings in the amount of $7078.76 was accumulated by a family of 6 who weekly visited the library. However, savings of this size surprises a lot of people.
«Wow, that’s amazing! This may encourage more people to use the library! «said another Reddit user.
However, after receipt got on Twitter, people began to disagree about what happens to the saved money. More correctly, to borrow a book from the library or buy it to support the author. And should the library give the saved money to the author.
I don’t mind being that really horrible person that supports authors by buying their books.
— This is (@RauliuxRaulix) August 11, 2019
Unfortunately by borrowing books rather than buying them, the authors aren’t getting paid. I say buy the book, read it, donate it to a used book sale that raises money for charity.
— Rissy-Waiting-For-October (@HabsRissy) August 10, 2019
I’m a heavy library user for books and movies. I know libraries buy a lot of books, but putting the value on the receipt kind of seems like “Look how much you didn’t give the authors!” Seems like a weird message.
— Chris Fielder (@c5chris45) August 10, 2019
But most people still believed that libraries still bring more good than evil, providing free access to information and increasing awareness of our authors.
Public library Wichita according to Yahoo Lifestyle, this program was adopted in 2016. The program works with Polaris library systems, which you use to manage customer accounts. In his statement, the expert on public relations of the library, Sean Jones, assured that the system will continue to make such calculations, but the story read each client will remain confidential.
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A number of other libraries using the same system, and Jones says that the public responds positively to it.
«Clients like to see how much money they are saving by using the public library in Wichita,» he says. «This allows customers to encourage friends to use the library».
