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Apr. 22nd, 2004 01:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dampscribblerThis has me very upset.
I returned a book to Central Library on Saturday. Actually, I returned two: "At the Bottom of the Garden," by Diane Purkiss, and "Kingdoms of Elfin," by Sylvia Townsend Warner. They're both books about fairies and fairy tales, books that I checked out many months ago and then didn't read much. I decided to return them with a bit of reluctance -- I thought (as I often do) "I'll probably have time to get to them soon." But they were collecting dust, and God knows I have enough dust collectors in this house, so I took them back. Unfortunately, only "At the Bottom of the Garden" was marked returned by the library. I called to let them know I had also returned "Kingdoms of Elfin," and now when you search for it it's listed as "Claimed Returned." How is it I can return two books at the same instant and in the same place, and one gets credited and one gets lost? If I had suspected it would get lost, I would have just kept it. Now I'm afraid to return any more books, unless I hand them to the librarian.
It's so wrong for books to get lost. I feel a bit sad about it.
I returned a book to Central Library on Saturday. Actually, I returned two: "At the Bottom of the Garden," by Diane Purkiss, and "Kingdoms of Elfin," by Sylvia Townsend Warner. They're both books about fairies and fairy tales, books that I checked out many months ago and then didn't read much. I decided to return them with a bit of reluctance -- I thought (as I often do) "I'll probably have time to get to them soon." But they were collecting dust, and God knows I have enough dust collectors in this house, so I took them back. Unfortunately, only "At the Bottom of the Garden" was marked returned by the library. I called to let them know I had also returned "Kingdoms of Elfin," and now when you search for it it's listed as "Claimed Returned." How is it I can return two books at the same instant and in the same place, and one gets credited and one gets lost? If I had suspected it would get lost, I would have just kept it. Now I'm afraid to return any more books, unless I hand them to the librarian.
It's so wrong for books to get lost. I feel a bit sad about it.
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Date: 2004-04-23 09:43 am (UTC)As for the library book, I can't help but think along the same lines as you. The book is out of print now (although there are cheap copies on Amazon used books) and it was the only copy in the library system. I hope it turns up. I also can't help but wonder if some less-than-honest library employee or volunteer walked off with it. I'm suspicious, that way.