<div dir="ltr">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. <div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>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.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Carl Sandburg</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM Taryn Parise via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Taryn Parise</div><div>Hough Street School</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:53 PM Karrie Fisher via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Just curious....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">When do you delete 'lost' books from your catalog? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Is there a criteria you use? For instance: </div><div class="gmail_default"><ul style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><li>After a certain period of time?</li><li>When you do inventory?</li><li>When the fine has been paid?</li><li>When students graduate? </li><li>When you replace the book?</li><li>How long do you leave teacher lost books in the system?</li><li>When you get sick of seeing it?</li></ul><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">I</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">'ve got books in the catalog that were lost in 2010. Deleting them now.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Thanks for your responses in advance! </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Happily Ever After, </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Karrie Fisher, </span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Library Media Specialist</span></div><div><img src="https://sdk.bitmoji.com/render/panel/7b0d608b-8b79-4d57-a49f-f15a558f61c8-dc159846-cab5-4f3c-a689-c965477af402-v1.png?transparent=1&palette=1" alt="Bitmoji Image" width="96" height="96"><br></div><div><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Winkelman Library Resources: Click <a href="http://district31.follettdestiny.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for the Card Catalog!</b><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Winkelman School * 1</span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">919 Landwehr Road * </span><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Glenview, IL 60026</span></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">847-729-5650 * Fax </font><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">847-729-5654</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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