[ISLMA-Share] how damaged are books before you ask students to replace them?

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That one shouldn't go back on the shelf!

My rule of thumb is:
if pages are missing
if it has had unidentified fluids on it
if it has food on it
if I've already glued and taped it back together 3 times
if I would be horrified if my kid brought it home
it's gone.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> A high school student returned a book today that was clearly chewed on by
> a pet.  It is still readable, but there are teeth marks all over the cover
> of the book and parts of the bottom of the spine and pages are missing /
> warped.  How damaged does a book have to be before you require a student to
> pay to replace it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brooke Fleuette
> Mercer County High School Library
> Currently reading: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
> Currently listening to: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
>
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