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I've seen both extremes here in the Chicago area. One library tosses booklets from box sets (blasphemers!), while several do a great job of keeping it all intact. In fact, I just discovered one has the first Paramount Revenant set! It was on hold, so I took the Charley Patton Revenant set instead. Chicago Public tries to circulate everything, but I suspect they have a few cretins behind the circ desk who don't pay attention and couldn't care less. It's hard to manage a situation like that when you have dozens of branches and skill levels. On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Chris Bishop <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would think a library would include the booklet if they had it. > > Once I went to pick up a brand new box set I had on reserve from Portland > OR's public library. I was to be the second person to check it out. It had > been on reserve prior to the release date, so it had never been out in the > public stacks. All the booklets that accompanied the CDs were missing - > those hadn't been barcoded, only the main book had. I asked if they had > been stored somewhere, but the library didn't do that with their CDs. It > was very likely that the first person to check it out had stolen these > inserts. > > I suggested the librarians could at least ask this patron about the > booklets, perhaps the attention would discourage him in the future. But the > librarians weren't interested, and they're not police after all. Pillaging > from libraries is common enough, but it was shocking to see it done so > quickly to a fine new acquisition! > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Paul Urbahns <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Why not ask the library, they probably put it in a file folder someplace. > > > > On 3/12/15, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Beggars can't be choosers, but it's very annoying when a library > > circulates > > > CDs without booklets. > > > Such was the case for "Never No Lament - The Blanton-Webster Band > > 1940-42," > > > a 2003 3-CD compilation > > > put out by BMG. If anyone owns this set and would kindly lend me the > > > booklet, I sure would > > > appreciate it. Please ping off-list if you can help. > > > > > > -- Tom Fine > > > > > >