On the Window Sill

Have you ever lost something at the library?

Hmm... maybe you have and never realized it?

Well, we have both an official and unofficial lost-and-found here at the library. The official lost-and-found is a box off to the side of the circulation desk by the tax forms. This box holds large-ish things like articles of clothing.

The unofficial lost-and-found is the window sill.

Maybe you've noticed our window sill. If you're standing at our circulation desk checking out the hottest book right now, The Hunger Games, for instance, you'll see the office behind the desk. We have large windows that you can peek through to see us, the library staff, diligently working at our desks and computers.

Or cutting out dozens of penguin feet for a craft. Or syncing new music for storytimes on the library iPod. Or putting together a display board all over the floor. Or watering our plants. Or something.

ANYway, the window sills in front of the windows are home to, currently:
a pair of sunglasses
two non-library books
one non-library CD
a toy car
keys
the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros.
a phone charger
a photo of a boy reading a book in a lawn chair at the beach
and a button.

When the window sill gets full (or items have been there for a while), depending on the value of the items, we'll throw them away or transfer them over to the official lost-and-found box. The hope is, people will see something they lost on there and claim it before it gets moved or pitched.

We've had some weird things left in the library. The fact that we discovered items such as canes, prescription glasses, and even a hearing aid in the library led one of my coworkers to comment that the library must be a place of healing!

So the next time you lose something, check out our window sill. Even if you didn't lose something, check out our window sill. It's a pretty wacky place.

Laura
On behalf of the ACL