<div dir="ltr"><div>It was a piece of lab equipment that costs $600 new, but this was at least four years old. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><br></b></div><b>Claire Murata, MLIS</b><br>Associate Dean, Library and Learning Resources<div>she/her<br>Edmonds College<br>20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood WA 98036 | <a href="http://edmonds.edu" target="_blank">edmonds.edu</a><br><a href="mailto:claire.murata@edmonds.edu" target="_blank">claire.murata@edmonds.edu</a> | (425) 640-1522<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img src="https://employees.edmonds.edu/departments/marketing-and-public-information/brand-guidelines/images/ec-college-logo.png" alt="college logo" width="155" height="37" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><br></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 9:22 AM Morgan, Heather 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="msg3447456681656838702">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Was the item a book or a laptop? I assumed it was a laptop with that price tag.<u></u><u></u></p>
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On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Dysart via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 26, 2024 5:05 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Stolen items?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">Hi Claire, we've had this happen (without the dollar amount as a confounding factor). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">Generally we've already deaccessioned the book and replaced it (if we decided to). We have simply stamped the book as withdrawn and given it back to them. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">Now if the book is an extremely rare or valuable copy, I imagine that I'd talk to the foundation about reimbursing the patron and taking the book back into our possession.
Theoretical. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 26, 2024 4:33 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] Stolen items?</span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What would you do if someone contacted you and told you they bought an item from a second-hand shop but then realized the item had your library's barcode on it? They ask you what you want to do and they let you know they spent about $90
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20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood WA 98036 | <a href="http://edmonds.edu/" target="_blank">
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