After 32 years, the books were returned to the Beziers Media Library – Photo by Eric Lucas – André Malraux Media Library
The staff was a wonderful surprise Media Library André Malraux, in
Bezier (Hérault). Book, Tales and Legends of the Antilles, By Therese Jurgel, Reported … 32 years after the deadline. According to the file accompanying the book, it should have been returned on March 16, 1989. “A new record,” but “an example, of course, not followed,” the media library team smiles.
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The secret does not end there: not one, but two copies of Tales and Legends of the Antilles It was deposited, by a famous stranger, into the device allowing users to return the works they had borrowed. “Upon emptying the machine, I discovered a very old book, which was very damaged, and did not include an electronic chip, like the other books in our collection,” he says 20 minutes Virginie, media library employee who received the books. It should have slipped when the hatch was opened. “
Reader number no longer exists
And Virginie only understood when she reviewed the file of the former Municipal Library of Beziers, which had accompanied all loans 30 years earlier. When I saw “March 16, 1989”, I thought it was funny! But where do these books come from? It is impossible, unless the unknown manifests itself, to know. The registered reader number no longer matches anything, as the media library base has been computerized.
No doubt someone found them in an attic, or “in a house that was empty.” “The person must have seen the seal in the library, and thought it would return it to us!” », Asks this employee. These children’s books should not go to the media library, but will be carefully preserved, like relics. “Sign up!”, Virginie smiles.
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