<div dir="ltr">Hi Tim and All, <div>We ask for documentation of the theft or loss and then mark the item as lost and waive the replacement fee. I have asked the librarians to prep an official document for hardship waives. They have been reaching out to see what is out there, and the central Seattle policy is of interest.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,104,94)">Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><br>
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Pronouns: she, her, hers</span></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 12:49 PM Tim Williams via LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1753866099036862619">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hey all. Do any of you have “stolen/lost equipment” clauses in your laptop checkout policies? We have a student check out one of our laptops, and then the laptop
 was stolen. Our staff are reluctant to loan another laptop to the same student. Is this ethical? Can we deny access to a student who needs a laptop even if they had one of ours stolen? Any guidance would be appreciated!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tim (he/him)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,143,61)">Tim Williams</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(0,143,61)">Instruction and Reference Librarian</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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