[ILL-L] RE: lending book straps not needed?

[Amy Tursky]

unsubscribeAmy TurskyDate: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:19:29 -0600From: arjones at baptistcollege.eduTo: ill-l at webjunction.orgSubject: [ILL-L] RE: lending book straps not needed?














See – I had always assumed for a while that the borrowing
library always would (or at least would have something on there to cover up the
“real due date” with the date they’ll give their
patrons.  But we get tons of books back where the lending library had just
written their own information on our lending book strap (and stuck their
barcode on it, etc) which always makes me wonder how well that can work for
them – as they’re not writing their own closer due date on the
strap… Just seems kind of odd to me… IF I hadn’t seen the
proof that many libraries are NOT adding a borrowing book strap – I’d
completely agree with you – why should we keep making the lending ones? 
(And yes – most of the books we get from other libraries do not have
bookstraps – if they have anything it is a sticker only).

Alison

PS – and does anyone know why OCLC didn’t add a
function to make borrowing bookstraps?  Considering the lending ones have
to have the date written in on them by hand anyway – they could do the
same for the borrowing ones – yes we might be covering up an almost
identical one if the lending library used the OCLC bookstraps, but at least we’d
have a blank one to write in our due date on.



Alison Jones



Public Services Librarian

Baptist College of Florida





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I notice
that maybe half of the books we borrow don't have lending book straps, we add a
borrowing book strap to all books. Our books are well stamped and identifiable,
and when we lend them I assume the borrowing library adds a borrowing book
strap with the due date. Any reasons to continue using lending book straps?
Thanks, Ed.