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

[Monica Boyer]

As a borrower, I suppose that I would contact the lender and ask how they
would like for me to proceed.  As a lender, I would probably tell
the borrowing library to keep the book, and since they paid for the book
instead of the patron paying for it, let them decide whether to keep it,
give it to their Friends group, or let the patron keep it.  Our library does
not allow for refunds once a lost or damaged item has been paid for.

I have a related question.  Suppose you lend an item to another library and
it is returned with damage, caused either by the patron or while in
transit.  You send a bill to the borrowing library, and it is paid.  What do
you do with the damaged item?  Presumably, you withdraw it from your
collection, but then what?  Do you always send it to the library that paid
the bill?  Do you only send it if they request to have it back?  Do you not
send it at all and just recycle or throw it away?  And is there a rule or
guideline that mandates this, or is it just governed by common sense and
local policies on a case-by-case basis?

Thanks for any input.

Monica Boyer
Information Services Assistant
Jackson County Public Library
303 West Second Street
Seymour, IN  47274
(812)522-3412 ext. 255
monica at myjclibrary.org

2009/3/11 Karen Williams <kwilli16 at aum.edu>

>  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.
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> Here's the scenario:
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> 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.
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> (BTW, the patron was NOT charged for the book)
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> So…my question is two-fold:
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> 1. As a Borrower, what do you do?
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> 2. As a Lender, what would you prefer that the Borrowing library do?
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> Thanks in Advance,
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> Karen
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> Karen Williams
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> Interlibrary loan Librarian
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> Auburn University at Montgomery (AAM)
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> Montgomery, AL
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> (334) 244-3445
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