[Genealib] Book Bandit Robbing Libraries

[Angie Wilderman]

Our library marks through the ID (call number and title on a sticker) on the
book and pulls the card pocket out of the older books.  Today, a patron
receives a register type receipt; however, the sticker is marked through
with a black marker.

On 8/8/07, dmeszaros at aol.com <dmeszaros at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Books withdrawn from the collection of our local public library are
> transferred to the Friends of the Library sale shop. The books are not
> marked "withdrawn" but the records are removed from the online catalog. I've
> purchased books at library book sales that still had the check-out card in
> the pocket.
>
> Donna Meszaros
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Velke <bvelke at archivecdbooksusa.com>
> To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 7:12 am
> Subject: Re: [Genealib] Book Bandit Robbing Libraries
>
>  Sadly, this is a pretty common practice. I've bought several books in the
> last year from Internet sources where it turned out that the book had been
> stolen from a library. I even bought a book from England which arrived with
> the New England library card still intact (no ex-lib markings etc.). It had
> been checked out in 2005. In that case, it was a "reputable" book dealer who
> claimed to have bought it in an estate sale. I returned the book to the
> library and reported the case to AbeBooks but the library decided not to
> pursue the issue.
>
> With most user-to-user internet transactions (like craigslist in this
> case), the paper trail is even thinner.
>
> ("Robbery," by the way, is theft with the threat of violence. I was
> relieved to find that the headline was wrong!).
>
> Bob Velke
> Archive CD Books USA
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