Re: GEN: Damaged Book Tale

[Jennifer Lyons <jlyons@NORTHNET.ORG>]

I, too, am a librarian in a rural district. These tales are daily events. I
currently have one Star Wars book in a school freezer to solidify the gum
inside and a well-chewed Marvin Redpost book (again, new) on my desk. I have
thrown out several other dog chewed books.
I was told that someone's book got thrown out by mom. Barcodes are regularly
picked off and destroyed.
I guess my beef about this is that I don't get the money if someone pays for
a book. It has to go into the district general fund. I then have to re-order
from my yearly budget. How do other schools handle replacement money?
Jennifer M. Lyons
Librarian
Millard Hawk Primary School
Central Square, NY 13036
-----Original Message-----
From: Katrina Larkin <KDLark@AOL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 5:39 PM
Subject: GEN: Damaged Book Tale


>I can top your damaged book tale, Joanne!
>Our school was small (350 elementary students) and rural, with many
children
>who were categorized as "low socio-economic status."
>One child from a large family was very late in returning his book, and
after
>many notices, we finally found out what had happened to it -- the family
had
>been driving somewhere when they ran out of gas.  Dad hiked to the store,
>bought gas, returned to the car and used the book (cover torn off, I
suppose)
>as a funnel!
>We were never paid for it, nor did I think it would be a good idea to ask
for
>the remains.
>
>Katrina Larkin
>Librarian, Fort Mc Coy School
>Fort Mc Coy, FL
>kdlark@aol.com
>
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