[ISLMA-Share] lost books

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I love this story!  I have a friend who got divorced and in the process
sent back all the books her ex-husband had stolen from the Brown University
library.  I applauded her on that one!




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*Karrie Fisher*
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Every so often, we have locker clean-out day.  I always make it an amnesty
> day and have an announcement that there would be no fine nor questions
> asked about any book returned on that day.  I am always surprised how many
> wandering books are guided back home.
>
>
>
> I also have had alumni return books they found on their bookshelf years
> later.  Mostly they have been previous year graduates, but the best was
> when a man in town for his 40th reunion turned in a book he found in his
> collection.  He had checked it out from the school library and never
> returned it.  He wanted me to calculate what the fine would be.  I told him
> I’d settle for a donation and that he could decide on the amount.  It was a
> geometry book and I told him he could keep it.  I’ll never forget his
> reply.  “No thank you.  I always hated geometry.”
>
>
>
> Brian Andrusyk
> School Librarian/Sub Coordinator
> IC Catholic Prep
> www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com
>
>
>
> Currently Reading:
>
> *Fake ID * by Lamar Giles
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>
>
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> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:14 AM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] lost books
>
>
>
> I have this problem, too. At the end of last year, I spoke with all of the
> seniors and told them to go through their cars, bedrooms, lockers, etc.,
> and find the books that they took out of the library in years past without
> checking them out. We didn't have a full-time librarian a few years ago,
> and kids would come in and grab a book and forget to bring it back when
> somebody was here to check it out. I told them there would be no
> consequences and no questions asked. I got a few books back. I think they
> appreciated that they could return them, and I wouldn't hassle them about
> it.
>
>
>
> I also printed out a list of the lost books after inventory last year and
> went around to the classrooms to look for them. It seems like several books
> get put on the English teachers' shelves or stuck under desks in classrooms.
>
>
>
> Also, you could speak with your maintenance staff. Our awesome staff
> leaves me a stack of books they find over the summer in lockers, locker
> rooms, classrooms, etc.
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> My library has no walls, and with so many kids in the building after
> hours, it’s way too frequent.  I also find books in the most bizarre
> place—and I finally saw it happen: A kid picked out a book, but then he saw
> a different book he wanted as he was walking toward the desk, so he just
> exchanged them.  **sigh**  They don’t see why that is a problem.
> Responsibility is a learned trait, and not all kids have it yet. At least
> they are stealing books instead of wallets. And sometimes it can be an
> honest mistake—like getting distracted at Cracker Barrel by all the store
> products and forgetting to pay and having to go back later and circling
> around the store so it looks like you just walked out of the restaurant and
> over to the cashier.  Not that I’ve ever done that! J
>
>
>
> Valerie brunner
>
> 315 S. Henderson
>
> Mt. Zion, IL 62549
>
> brunnerv at mtzion.k12.il.us
>
> 217-864-2369 <(217)%20864-2369>
>
>
>
> “be kind.  Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”
>
>
>
> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 8:30 AM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] lost books
>
>
>
> 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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