NEWSwire
The ‘Stang Express
Volume 2, Issue 3 February 2012
Crisis in the library: Overdue books
That overdue book will prevent certain things from happening unless you turn it in... by INGRIS MONTOYA & NATHALIE LOPEZ There is a big problem in our library. Throughout the school year, students and teachers are allowed to check out books. Lately a lot of these books don’t get turned back in. After two weeks, that book is considered late. Overdue books are becoming a crisis in our library because the problem is getting worse day after day. Why? What happens if somebody doesn’t turn in a late book? “[Students] don’t receive [their] schedule for the next year, you don’t get to checkout another book, and it stays on their record the entire time they go to school here,” said our librarian, Mrs. Sivil. If you lose a book, you will have to pay for the book and the AR test that was lost with it. If you don’t return that book that you checked out, that’s almost like stealing. There are about 800 overdue books that students and teachers have not turned in. Now with 800 overdue library
books there is a value of about $16,000 because on average, a book with library binding costs around $20 and the AR tests cost money too. Imagine if all these books were not returned. Now that AR test is worthless. What do you think that would happen if the library lost $16,000 dollars worth of books every school year? “[If books are lost] we may not be able to replace them and if the books aren’t turned in on time, other students won’t be able to check out the book they want. Money spent on replacing library books could be used to help students with tutorials,” said Mr. Drexler. So what we do today with library books will affect your brother or sister or cousin who will attend NSMS in the future. They will not have the privilege to choose from a variety of books, just like we have today. We need to take care of our books and turn them in on time because the money that is lost on those books we never get back. If each student would turn their books in on time, we would be able to enjoy more cool things because the
administration would have money to use instead of buying new books. We would have more money to buy special technology and hot, new books for us to read. So, if you do have a book checked out, please make sure you turn it back in by the due date. If you have an overdue book, take the time to look around your house or dig through your backpack, find it and turn it in. You’ll be able to get your schedule for the next year, you won’t owe money and someone else will benefit from it.
1366 - Amount of books
lost/never turned in during the past ten years =
$27,320
$3,500 - Amount spent on new books THIS year
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