[ILL-L] Questions about what to do with paid-for book

[Katherine Brent]

1.       We would return the book.

2.       We would want the book back.  If it's returned within a year of
being declared lost, we would refund the replacement cost (but not the
processing fee), but the book in question falls outside that.

 

Katherine Brent

Circulation/ILL Librarian

Van Wagenen Library

SUNY Cobleskill

brentke at cobleskill.edu

 

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On Behalf Of Karen Williams
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:16 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Questions about what to do with paid-for book

 

A colleague of mine has asked that I pose this question. I know what I would
do, but I'm looking for a general consensus.

 

Here's the scenario:

 

Your patron loses an ILL book and you pay the lending library for it.   A
year and a half  later, the patron finds and returns the book.  The book is
still in useable condition, and according to the lending library's catalog,
they have not replaced the book.

(BTW, the patron was NOT charged for the book)

 

So.my question is two-fold:

 

1. As a Borrower, what do you do?

 

2. As a Lender, what would you prefer that the Borrowing library do?

 

Thanks in Advance,

Karen

 

Karen Williams

Interlibrary loan Librarian

Auburn University at Montgomery (AAM)

Montgomery, AL

(334) 244-3445

 

"You want weapons?  We're in a library! Books - best weapons in the world."
-Dr. Who

 

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