Letter: A Thank You to the Alert Library Staff
On Feb. 18, a student left her rented library iPad unattended. She left the library without it, and realized later she had forgotten it. She called the library to look for it, but it was gone.
The student is now hundreds of dollars in debt to replace it, as it was signed out in her name. The tablet was likely stolen, because if an honest patron had picked it up, it would have most likely been returned immediately.
That evening, the library book alarm went off and the patron returned to have his bag checked by the conscientious library clerk. At this time, the clerk directed the nervous patron to go through the library security gate again.
This time, it didn’t ring, so the patron hurried off. As the library clerk looked down just beyond the security gate he noticed a tablet bag.
After he opened it, he noticed all the library markings, and barcodes were peeled off. The thief must have thought the tablet had set off the alarm and abandoned it as the library clerk closely watched him leave; [they] had foiled his chance to pick it up again.
The upset student who had the tablet stolen from her was extremely relieved when she was informed that the tablet had been recovered.
She had been praying in the chapel for its return. When you have alert staff in the library, your prayers may very well be answered
—Shawn Mackniak
