Hi, Folks -
When we closed our inventory this year, about 80 fairly new books turned
up missing. In addition, most of these books fit into the fantasy
category. I considered the strong possiblity, even though we have never
had a problem with book theft in the past, that this was the work of one
student or a small group of students.
This week a parent, whose son had moved up to the high school this year,
came by with a large bag of books. I assumed that she brought them to
donate to our media center. However, she told me that they belonged to
our library, and she had found them in her son's room as she was packing
for a move to Oklahoma. There were 30 fantasy titles in the bag; some of
them had the barcodes and spine labels removed. She said she would
return any others that she found. It pays to stamp your books.
However, the best part of the book return was the Abercrombie and Fitch
bag used to return the books. The bag has a poster-sized, wrap-around
picture of a half-dressed hunk named Rob. The school staff and I have
been enjoying Rob jokes all week. I suggested that Rob could be the star
of a new reading promotion for eighth grades girls called "Check out
what Rob's Reading" or "Between the Covers with Rob." The staff refers
to Rob as my new boyfriend. When several of us went out to dinner one
night last week and they asked where Rob was, I said he was such a great
guy that he insisted on staying behind at the media center to shelve all
of the books returned during the day.
Becky
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Becky Palgi, Media Specialist
Cleveland Middle School
2323 Cornwallis Road
Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919-553-7500 Fax: 919-553-7798
rdpalgi@mindspring.com
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Librarianship" (American Libraries, Sept. 1995)
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"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties
and teach us
how to swim." - Linton Weeks (Washington Post article, 13 January 2001, p. C01)
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