Re: GEN: Teachers "borrowing" without checking out

[Wanda Nall <wnall@TENET.EDU>]

Although I do not have the solution to this problem I understand the
frustration of Mr. Poncher.  On day a teacher handed me a plactic grocery
bag full of books from the library.  She said she found them sitting on
the gym floor.  When I tried to check them in I found not one had been
checked out.  I have no idea who did that but I do not believe it was one
of the students (k-3).
Wanda

Wanda Nall <wnall@tenet.edu>            400 Moreman Hereford, TX 79045
Media Specialist                        Voice: (806) 363-7660
Hereford ISD                            Fax: (806) 363-7699


On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Fidelis R. Poncher 904-684-2116 wrote:

> I found myself in a disturbing situation today. As I was coming out of my
> backroom, I saw a teacher leave the library by the other door with a stack
> of books in his hands. As soon as I finished helping my student I went to
> that teacher's room and asked if he had needed my help with anything. He
> said No, that he was looking at these books trying to decide which ones he
> wanted to check out. He said he took them because there was no one in the
> library. Well, this person saw me before he walked out with those books,
> but anyway, I told him when someone was not at the desk he could just write
> the barcode #'s on a piece of paper with his name and we could check out
> whatever he took. He went back to the library with me and checked out what
> he wanted and returned the rest. I asked him if he had anything else in his
> room that we needed to go and get the barcode from and check out and he
> assured me he did not have anything. However, I know he has several of our
> videos in his closet because I could see them when I walked by. I went back
> to the library to check his record, and sure enough, he does not have them
> checked out. He may not even remember he has them. I don't want to
> make this teacher look bad, but we need our stuff back. And I'm sure there
> are other teachers who do the same thing. (It seems everybody and his
> brother has a key to the library.) Any suggestions about how to tactfully
> get such items back? Your help, as always, is greatly appreciately.
>
> Sincerely,
>
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