[Web4lib] Outside disk usage [heur]

[Carol Bean]

Michele, 
 
We allow (encourage) patrons to bring their own disk to use. If a disk is left in the computer, we put a sticky on the abandoned disk, with date and computer number, and keep it for three months.  Anything older than three months is destroyed.  Of the 50+ disks which have been abandoned in the last six months, less than 10 have been claimed.  (But they were all very happy to get their disks back)
 
 
Carol Bean
Computer Center Manager
North County Regional Library
11303 Campus Drive
Palm Beach Gardens, FL  33410
561-626-6133
beanc [at] pbclibrary.org
www.pbclibrary.org 
 
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Subject: [Web4lib] Outside disk usage [heur]



	Hi all!  I apologize in advance for any cross-posting.  I am
	interested in how other libraries handle outside disks.  Our Computer
	Lab does not allow outside disks at all.  We provide disks for a
	nominal fee and patrons may keep their disks in the Lab for later use.
	 Once a disk is removed, it is not permitted back in the Lab.  In the
	event that a patron is caught using an outside disk, they are formally
	warned, and on any subsequent occasion, they are banned from the Lab
	for 30 days.  My question is this: if a patron is caught using an
	outside disk and leaves their disk in the Lab, what are other
	libraries doing with the abandoned diskette?
	
	Any thoughts you have would be very appreciated!
	
	Thanks!
	Michele
	
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