Missing Donation

[laura_seabrook]

This is a copy of an email I've just sent to the Newcastle Region Library:

This is a query after a conversation the other month in Wallsend library about a DVD I donated. I would have emailed earlier but I misplaced the slip of paper the email address was written on.

I donated a DVD set of Xena, warrior princess. Season 6, part 2 to the library in October 2008. I handed the set -- which I'd bought a couple of weeks earlier -- over the counter to an attendant (I can't remember who) at Wallsend Library and explained clearly that I was donating it to the regional library. I explained that as the equivalent  item in the catalog was marked as status "Item missing", I was donating it to replace that copy. While I realise that the library has its own set of acquisition and culling policies, I cannot understand why this item is still listed as "Item Missing". Was the donation discarded? Was it accepted and then went missing again?

 I did donate this back in October last year. What happened to it?

Comments

[oflowpersuasion.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm a librarian. If the library has a copy of its collection development policy online (as some libraries do) it might be worth a read. They pretty much always outline the library's policy on donations. Most libraries won't add donations to their collection because space is an issue, but if you donated an item that there is an existing catalog record for (which is very cool of you by the way) which indicates the item is merely missing, I imagine that could change things.

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

I'm a trained library tech myself. You're right - replacing a missing item does make a difference. I was in at the library today and the manager thanked me for the email, and has forwarded on for other staff to check.

[oflowpersuasion.livejournal.com]

High five for being hot library babes :D