The main point of the story is the user. We (university, hospital, institutional libraries) usually know our users and/or have established ways of communicating with our users. If it comes to lost/not returned materials, we have rules to follow to recover the loss, except of course walk-aways. Public libraries have many users like the two presented in the description - they don't care, don't remember, move to other place, ignore reminders, give to friends and think that's perfectly OK, it's just a book, CD, not big deal.
For public libraries legal action is probably the only way to follow to recover some of the lost materials. And for library users who think that not returning library materials is OK - it was a good lesson.
The only problem I can see - the handcuffs. I think that the police should use other methods for catching somebody stealing library materials and keep handcuffs for bank robbers etc.
Vislava
Vislava Tylman
Goldblatt Medical Library
2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.
Weston, FL 33331
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Hmmmm, nearly $8,000 worth of materials lost in one year due to items not being returned according to this story.
I can't count the number of times I've seen people on this list express their frustration over books checked out (or "borrowed" when the librarian is out) and never returned. The threshold for legal action is a bit low-- $30-- but $8K is a lot of money to spend on buying something you've already paid for.
Helena
Helena M. VonVille, MLS, MPH
Library Director
University of Texas School of Public Health Library Houston, TX 77030 [log in to unmask]
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That is extreme!
Emily
Emily Eresuma, MLS
Senior Medical Librarian
Primary Children's Medical Center
100 North Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113-1100
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http://abcnews.go.com/WN/arrested-cuffed-overdue-library-books/story?id=10062565&partner=yahoo
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