[Web4lib] Outside disk usage

[Phillip Whitford]

Like some of the others who have responded I think your policy against
outside storage media may be to restrictive. But to answer your question
we treat left behind storage media just like any other personal property
left in the library. We hold on to it for at least 30 days in case they
return for it. After 30 days it is disposed of. 

For the record we allow patrons to bring in their own floppy disks,
flash drives, zip disks, and blank CDs. They can buy disks and CDs from
us if they don't have their own. It hasn't caused any security or virus
problems. 

Phillip B. Whitford
Manager Information Technology
Braswell Memorial Library
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my organization. 

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Subject: [Web4lib] Outside disk usage


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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Mrs. C. Michele Haytko
Montgomery County-
      Norristown Public Library
MC-NPL Computer Lab
1001 Powell Street
Norristown, PA 19401
610-278-5100 Ext. 141 

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