A central lost and found area will be set aside at each library location to assist the public in retrieving personal belongs inadvertently left on library property.
REF5.1 The Main Library and all branches will each maintain a separate place to store lost items with the following exceptions:
REF5.1.1 Library cards will be stored for no more than two months in a separate file, preferably at the circulation desk.
REF5.1.2 Cash will be forwarded to the Business Office.
REF5.1.3 Perishable or personal hygiene items, i.e., food, toothbrushes, etc., will be discarded at the end of the day.
REF5.1.4 Some items such as checks, money orders, employee identification badges, etc., may be mailed back to the issuing agency or employer or shredded if owner cannot be identified.
REF5.2 All unclaimed items become the property of the City Library. Library employees and volunteers, as agents of the Library, do not have the right to keep unclaimed lost and found items and may make no claim to any lost items.
REF5.3 A patron who finds lost property may make a claim to the property if it remains unclaimed after two weeks.
REF5.4 Unclaimed items will be donated to charity or discarded. Use good judgment as to what should be donated. Exceptions include the following:
REF5.4.1 Cash becomes library property.
REF5.4.2 Books, audiovisual items, or other formats circulated by the Library go the Friends booksale area if not added to the collection.
Approved by Library Board of Directors, November 2012