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I have this problem all the time!  These are places where I routinely look:

   - Displays (my volunteers sometimes put books on display far from where
   they are shelved)
   - Behind other books (especially in the most popular areas, i.e.,
   graphic novels or where a class has recently been using the collection)
   - Tucked in all the nooks and crannies between the end of the books and
   the shelves
   - In the corners of my library room


That being said, sometimes I find them...a lot of times not.  It's very
frustrating.  There are times when my books show up in the hallways or in
lost and found.  I've even found one from my collection in our own Little
Free Library!

I sometimes put my volunteers on a shelf check to find the things that are
wildly out of order and that turns up a few.  But overall I think it's just
one of the costs of doing business.

Good luck on your book search!




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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Even though I do an inventory at the end of the year and mark all missing
> books as lost, I still cannot find books.
>
> Just now, a teacher came in looking for a popular book and it was not
> there.  I am embarrassed.  I cannot explain it except that perhaps kids
> take them out without checking them out.
>
> Do any of you have this problem regularly and if so, have any suggestions
> for keeping better track?
>
> Thank you!
> Sue Meegan
> District 157
> Calumet City
>
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