[LIBRARYDIR] Circulating Chromebooks...

[Harbaugh, Melinda]

Hi Lynn,

We have our students sign a borrowing agreement requiring them to pay for lost or damaged Chromebooks. We report it on campus and a hold is placed on their records. They cannot register or graduate until it's squared away. We do take special circumstances into consideration. We've been doing this for over a year now, and we've only had to replace around two Chromebooks. One was damaged and the student was very upfront and apologetic, so we worked with him on a resolution. Our borrowing agreement is linked here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0jH3YU9nh5JcHJ4Zkh1Q3pSaEE/view?usp=sharing


Melinda Harbaugh
Interim Dean of Instruction & Learning Resources
Lower Columbia College
1600 Maple St, Longview, WA 98632
(360) 442-2662

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We recently began circulating Chromebooks for one week. Over one quarter, we've had two damaged, one lost, and one claims returned. (For the last one, we're establishing a receipt process.)

The damaged Chromebook still works, but can't be checked out. Can you send me anecdotes or policies that are working well for you for circulating expensive/fragile equipment? How have you handled damaged technology?

Thanks for your sharing your experiences.

Lynn

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