This happened in seattle a few years ago. Computer systems were down for months. They just let everyone borrow using an honor system.

RRRA 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Same for the city of Westmount (Montréal island) a few years back (including the library):

	▲	joelanman an hour ago \| parent [-]
		and the British Library, an attack that took years of recovery which is still not complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library_cyberattack

studog an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

TIL. Good job TPL for not paying.