[aisle] Deleting LOST Books From Your System

Taryn Parise tparise at barrington220.org
Wed Sep 29 13:14:47 CDT 2021


I'd love to hear what others say.  I usually leave them in for a while in
case they suddenly turn up under someone's bed or the trunk of a car.  But
I figure if they aren't back in a year or 2, they aren't ever coming back.
I tend to delete after 3 years, but that is totally arbitrary.

Taryn Parise
Hough Street School

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:53 PM Karrie Fisher via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Just curious....
>
> When do you delete 'lost' books from your catalog?
> Is there a criteria you use?  For instance:
>
>    - After a certain period of time?
>    - When you do inventory?
>    - When the fine has been paid?
>    - When students graduate?
>    - When you replace the book?
>    - How long do you leave teacher lost books in the system?
>    - When you get sick of seeing it?
>
> I've got books in the catalog that were lost in 2010.  Deleting them now.
>
> Thanks for your responses in advance!
>
> Happily Ever After,
> Karrie Fisher, Library Media Specialist
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