Comments on: I Don’t Remember Seeing THOSE Before http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:40:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Emma http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22434 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:37:32 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22434 Mary H. White, I love that idea!

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By: The Librarian With No Name http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22393 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:20:41 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22393 @Kathy: Check Craigslist. That’s where ours ended up when it got stolen. We even managed to talk the local police into staging a sting and getting the whole set back.

Honestly, who steals from librarians and then posts the evidence of the crime on the internet? That’s like stealing the hubcaps off the Batmobile and then trying to hide out in the Batcave.

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By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22358 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:43:09 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22358 @Jennifer: a button? Ha, now that is original (and, I’m guessing, expensive to replace).

@Jen: our teen librarian does that sometimes with old books. These are probably a little bit too big for a useful purse – maybe more like a small thin briefcase.

@Jessica: thanks – I think they sort of get rotated, but yes, I agree.

@Mary: ha, classic. I wonder what they’d do with unsolicited donations.

@Kathy: Sounds like an inside job to me! Actually, we had a computer stolen without any staff noticing someone walking out with a huge CPU unit. Speaking of not seeing large objects, we also found a large pizza box hidden in the stacks – now how’d they carry that in with no one noticing?

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By: Kathy http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22357 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22357 Better than having a whole encyclopedia set (the most recent year) get stolen. Nobody saw the thief lugging an entire set of encyclopedias out of the library here, either.

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By: Elizabeth http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22324 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:44:37 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22324 This doesn’t surprise me at all. Person thought, “Look at all this empty shelf space. Perfect spot for me to donate my crusty old encyclopedia set.”

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By: Jen http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22317 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:52:54 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22317 Why not offer them up for a craft project to anyone who would want them? I’ve seen hollowed out books to store things in and I have also seen book purses made from old books. You can enter the search terms ‘purse made from old book’ and see examples and instructions for the book purses. Since you have a whole set, you might even make a library contest out of it. Just offer one up to whoever would like to try and have them drop off their craft projects at the library at a designated time. Have the patrons vote on the best one and award a prize. You might even see if you can auction them off on ebay and donate the proceeds to a local charity for some community goodwill.

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By: Mary H. White http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22316 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:21:28 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22316 Maybe you can send them to the Scientology folks, as payback!:
Mr. Larry Perras
Library Distribution Manager
Bridge Publications
5600 E. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90022
(323) 888-6200

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By: Jessica http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22313 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:39:26 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22313 I really, really, really, really approve of the prominent display of Women’s Nonfiction: A Guide to Reading Interests, by Jessica Zellers.

–Jessica Zellers

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By: Jennifer http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/04/04/i-dont-remember-seeing-those-before/#comment-22309 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:57:17 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4181#comment-22309 Better to have things come than go. Some evil-minded person just stole one of our handicap door buttons. Grrr.

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