From: Lisa Schulz <LSchulz_at_las-cruces.org>
We have the usual well devised book donation guidelines, but we find
ourselves subject to daily hit-and-runs with boxes of unacceptable gifts:
moldy, dirty, old, and covered with cob webs as well as tons of categories
we don't collect. What enforcement policies have others adopted to help
curb this chronic, time consuming problem? Ours is a public library, but
perhaps academic library strategies could help us come to a solution as
well. Does anyone actually place a dumpster by their receiving area, with a
sign: "Place your worn and dirty donations here"? It's tempting...
Lisa M. Schulz
Interim Head, Technical Services
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
200 E. Picacho Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88011
Office: (505)528-4012
Fax: (505)528-4030
lschulz_at_las-cruces.org
Received on Wed Dec 18 2002 - 06:28:16 EST