Lost & Found Items at Butler Library

At the last meeting of the Butler Access Group (Dawes, DeDonato, Dillon,
McIlvaine, Melendez, Smith), the need to clairfy our handling of lost and
found items was discussed. What follows is the current practice in Butler
Library... any Butler unit may bring items they find or receive to this
central "drop off" spot. 

Butler Circulation maintains a "lost & found" collection of items
(everything from eyeglasses to sweaters to notebooks to watches, etc)... 
with the exception of CU IDs. CU IDs, if found in Butler, should be brought
directly to LIO. Valuables turned in to Butler Circ are kept locked in the 
Circ department.  Library users may check with Circ to see if anything they
think they left behind has been turned in. If there's any name on the lost
item, Circ tries to contact the individual so the item(s) can be claimed. 

On the last Thursday of each month, the collection of lost & found items 
is cleared out and sorted by Mayra into basic categories and dealt with 
as follows:

1) Valuables: (watches, wallets, etc) are brought to Security in Low and a
receipt is given for these Butler items.  After 30 days, if items are 
still unclaimed, they are given a number and Low Security takes them to a 
local police station. (these types of valuables are the ONLY lost & found 
items security will accept!

2) unmarked books: are turned over to Gifts & Exchange

3) clothing: given to charity
   
4) the rest: (noteboks, umbrellas, etc)  most notebooks have names or 
phone numbers in them so owner is contacted; otherwise if unclaimed after 
the 30 days they are held at Butler Circ, these items are tossed.

If you have questions about Butler Lost & Found, please contact Mayra.

(written by Howard Dillon, 11/21/95)