[ILL-L] Books arriving from lender damaged due to age

[Debbie Hunn]

Could part of the problem be that student workers are sending these out, and full-time ILL staff are not seeing the condition of the books going out?
 
Debbie
 
Debbie Hunn
Turpin Library
Dallas Theological Seminary
3909 Swiss Ave
Dallas, TX  75204
phone: 214-841-3752
fax: 214-841-3745
dhunn at dts.edu 

>>> On 7/6/2007 at 10:41 AM, "Beth Willis" <BWillis at mcpl.lib.mo.us> wrote:
  <SPAN STYLE="font:  12pt Arial; color: #000000">  &nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000"> Lately I've been seeing a&nbsp; of books come through here from lenders that are really not fit to&nbsp; e.g. the text block is entirely pulled away from the&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;   <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000"> Is there a protocol for this? Do you&nbsp; such items before circulating to your patron? Do you let them go out as&nbsp; (There is no way the lender wasn't aware of the condition of the material&nbsp; sending it. Or, do you return them to the lender and submit a new request&nbsp; the patron?  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;   <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000"> My *real* question is: Why do libraries&nbsp; stuff go out in this condition? :-?  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;   <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;   <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;   <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN>&nbsp;  <FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000"> Beth Willis  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000"> ILL Department Head  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #000000">&nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; color: #0000ff"> <A href="mailto:bwillis at mcpl.lib.mo.us">bwillis at mcpl.lib.mo.us</A> </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #0000ff"> Phone: (816) 521-7231  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #0000ff">&nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #0000ff"> Mid-Continent Public Library -&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #0000ff">&nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; color: #0000ff"> <A href="http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us">http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us</A> </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;    &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; color: #0000ff">&nbsp;  &nbsp;  </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font:  10pt Verdana; font-weight: bold ; color: #0000ff"> Unless&nbsp; attributed, the opinions expressed are&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial"> <br></SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN><FONT face="Arial">&nbsp;  </SPAN>&nbsp; 
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