[aisle] Deleting LOST Books From Your System

[Mrs. Kuzminski]

I mark books lost all the time when we can't find something on the shelf.
Most times its because the book grew legs, wandered off, and will
eventually find its way home with its tail tucked.  I try to do a full
inventory at the end of every year, but that isn't always possible.  After
an inventory and an exhaustive search of the school building I will mark
all the "unfound" items as lost.  If I see that a book has been lost for
more than a two or three years, I just delete it.

*Amanda Kuzminski*
*Library Media Specialist*
Orland Junior High School
Orland Park, IL
708-364-4214


*The single clenched fist lifted and ready, or the open asking hand held
out and waiting. Choose: for we meet by one or the other.*
*    - Carl Sandburg*


On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM Taryn Parise via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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