Here's a great story about a 35 year overdue Library book that was returned during the Library's Amnesty week program:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39131628/ns ... ?gt1=43001
I think this Library Amnesty program is wonderful! It not only benefits the person from owing a possibly huge fee on returning overdue books, but it also gets the very important book back to the Library so other patrons can check it out and benefit from it.
Does your Library have a Amnesty week or other type program where overdue books can be returned without having to pay a fine, etc?