Lost property
STATEMENT OF LOST PROPERTY PROCEDURE
- Unidentifiable items of Lost Property will be held within the reading room area in which they are found for one week after which they will be removed to the Entrance Hall and registered.
- Identifiable items will be transferred to the Entrance Hall on the day on which they are found and, where possible, the owner of the item will be contacted.
- Readers’ notes, reading lists, etc. will be kept at the various reading room enquiry desks for up to one week at the discretion of the staff, after which time they will be disposed of. These will not be entered onto the register.
- Lost property will be held within the Entrance Hall for three months after which items judged to be of significant value will be taken to a local charity shop and all other items disposed of.
FINDING LOST PROPERTY
- Property found in the Library should be handed to any member of staff within a reading room, which, after one week, will be transferred to the Entrance Hall.
- Details will be taken and entered onto the Lost Property register held in the Entrance Hall.
CLAIMING LOST PROPERTY
- Enquiries about items of Lost Property can be made at the Entrance Hall.
- Proof of ownership and/or identity must be established to the satisfaction of the member of staff handling the reclaim of the property.
- Details will be taken and entered into the Lost Property register and the item(s) signed for.
- If a person contacts the Library and establishes their identity as the owner of an item of lost property, the register should be up-dated and a note made to retain the property to a reasonable date agreed with the person. The Entrance Hall may arrange for the property to be returned to the owner by post or other means.