Re: HIT: Terminally overdue books

[Suzanne Weinheimer <suzanne@WHATEXIT.COM>]

>Terminally overdue books-no chance of recovery, must be the number one
>frustration of librarians everywhere.

 I had a family like that... Child (now a fourth grader) checked a book
out in the beginning grade 3 (Oct 97). Spoke to parents during
conferences, letter went home, phone calls.. nothing. I had given up.
Guess what showed up on the return cart today??  So there may be hope!

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Suzanne Weinheimer, Librarian
South Mountain Elementary School Library
444 West South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
1-973-378-7848 / FAX: 1-973-564-9633
email: suzanne@whatexit.com
WWW: http://www.southmountain.somsd.k12.nj.us
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