RIP Book Repair

Since we do not have the staff time, nor a current volunteer who comes in consistently, I am doing away with the "book repair desk" for the time being. There were all manner of books piling up on the desk and it was junk becoming a collection point for junk. That space can be used for either another computer station for volun teers/staff, or something else....

So, this is the new process for damaged BOOKS:

If a patrons brings in a damaged book (or you just come across one), please take a look at the damage. If it is a simple rip on a page, or a single page coming loose, or something SIMPLE that can be fixed with tape, PLEASE just FIX IT. There is all sorts of tape near the processing computer / in the bottom drawer of processing computer desk, please just take a moment to fix the issue.

If it is more damaged than that (water damage, broken spine, missing pages, etc), please set the book to REPAIR in the status, and give the book to the person who orders that genre (Fiction - Cindy, Non-Fiction - Sue, YA - Jess, Children's - Zoe). That person will then decide if the book needs to be replaced, returned, or withdrawn.

I have kept the repair materials, and hopefully we can get back to doing some repairs. But with summer coming, we don't have the time or the space to deal with mountains of books, and in all honesty, it's sometimes cheaper and easier to just replace a title (or return it if it's a new book that has fallen apart). If we can ever get a volunteer who can come in REGULARLY, we may revisit the issue.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Thanks!!