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lm_net people An ethics question of sorts: If your computer shows a student having a book checked out and the student claim s she/he never checked out the book, what do you do? No staff is infallible an d so the error could be on our end when checking out the book; however, in most cases I suspect the students may have simply forgotten they checked out the bo ok or are prevaricating. While I am loath to make judgements about any student 's honesty, I do have a system whereby I give them the benefit of the doubt the first time an incident happens and if the same thing happens again with the sa me student, I require them to pay for the book before any more books can be che cked out. This whole issue is important to me (and, I suspect, to many other l ibray media professionals) as it involves ethics in our dealings with our clien ts. Any experiences from your arena would be welcome. I'll post a <hit> if en ough people show an interest in this issue.