So even if they did know who had it, there's no fine. “I don't even know if they realize, because unless you know what you're looking for, you wouldn't realize how late it was.'īut the good news for whoever returned it, is this isn't like the Seinfeld episode with a library cop, this library got rid of all fines several years ago. 'Our guess was probably someone was cleaning out someone's house and just came across this and realized 'oh well it says it’s a library book so I’ll get it back to them.' said Inman. Long before a computer system, the library would use stamps to check out the books.īut since that hasn't been used in decades, they have no clue who checked it out. With a distinct smell and nice brown pages, it was very obvious this book was from another time. And it wasn't the best, most popular of books.' 'This is actually one of those books that it’s hard to find nowadays,” said Inman. No surprise, they couldn't find the book in their system. Inman dropped off a copy of “Annie Annie” earlier this week, a young adult novel written in 1969. 'It's a little bit overdue,' said Karen Inman, who works at the Owasso branch. Or as is the case for the library in Owasso this week, they got a book 46 years late. Sometimes it’s just by a few days, other times a week.

The Tulsa City-County Library system says it's not uncommon for books to be returned late. Tulsa Library Book Returned After 46 Years

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