[aisle] To lend or not to lend (headphones)

[Julie Flack]

It's considered a required school supply for us, too.  Students can
purchase them in the library for $1.  Other creative problem solvers have
just learned how to use the closed captioning... and they are reading the
video.  :)

We do have some over the ear ones that we let them use in the library as a
last, last, last resort, but I remind students that I have no idea who wore
them last... and they often choose to figure it out on their own.  Since
I've been sticking with not lending them, they've stopped asking and either
bring the $1 or figure it out on their own.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 4:00 PM Michelle Walsh via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

>
> We tried teacher headphone check-outs and lost some anyway.
>
> We tried letting students borrow them.  Rarely returned.
>
> Now, we direct them to the front office to purchase them "at cost" for
> $2.00.
>
> And now they've decided:
> (a) to play everything at low volume and find their headphones/earbuds at
> home.
> (b) don't want to pay and miraculously find a set in their lockers.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:22 PM Kori Wentzloff via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone had any advice or success with lending
>> headphones.  They are a "required" school supply here and yet many students
>> forget them.  Daily we have several students who come in and borrow a pair
>> for an assignment, to listen to something while they work or any other
>> number of reasons.  I don't love lending them out to individual students.
>> I have heard of some methods where a librarian may have a box of 10 for *teacher
>> *checkout, but don't lend to individual students sporadically throughout
>> the day.
>>
>> I was just hoping someone had some creative ideas for making this less of
>> a problem in the library.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Kori
>>
>>
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