[Publib] Selling Diskettes

[Julie Bauer]

At my last job, I started giving away the diskettes
left in our public computers by our patrons.  When a
diskette was found, I would write the date on it and
then keep it for 30 days so the owner could reclaim
it.  (Of course, in the rare cases in which the
owner's name was written on the label I would contact
them.)  After that, I reformatted the diskettes,
slapped clean labels on them and gave them away.  We
rarely ran out.

Julie Bauer


> Hello, PubLibers, 
> Our library has had a large supply of 3 1/2 In.
> diskettes that we have been
> giving away as needed.� (Actually the Circulation
> desk has been giving them
> to patrons and the Children's desk has been loaning
> them, neither aware of
> the other's procedure.) The supply is almost
> depleted so we are discussing
> whether or not to purchase more.� The question
then
> is do we loan them or
> sell them? 
> My question to you is if you even have diskettes, do
> you offer the service
> of selling them to patrons or do you give them away
> as might happen with
> promotional pens?� Or do you loan them?
> By the way, we are a small (pop. 15,000) public
> library. 
> Thanks for your help. 
> Gina Van Hess 
> Adult Services Libn. 
> Anacortes Public Library (WA) 
> ginav at cityofanacortes.org 
> 
> 
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