To: LIS-Forum Administrator: Kindly publish my response to the post of Smt.Jayanthi R.Kumbhar on "Book lost & replacement" dt.24th July, 2019 in LIS-Forum and oblige.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has reference to the post of Smt.Jayanthi R.Kumbhar on "Book lost & replacement" dt.24th July, 2019 and comment by Smt. Bhagyashree Sane's dt.25th July, 2019 on above subject. Occasional loss of books (intentional or otherwise) by the borrowers is a unvoidable phenomena. But, the real losers are other members of Library who loose permanent access to book or knowledge. The Policy of replacing some other book for the book lost by the borrower is neither logical nor acceptable to the Management. Hence, a Policy on "Replacement of Books lost by the Readers" was formulated in Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru, in 2001 while I was woking as Librarian in the said Institute during 2001-16. The Policy on "Replacement of Books lost by the Readers" which was submitted to the Principal and endorsed by the Management. It says: "If a book is lost by a borrower (student or faculty) then he/she should replace the same by purchasing a new copy of same edition of the book from the Book shop and give it as replacement to the Library. If the same edition of the book is not available, then a latest available edition should be purchased. If the book lost by the borrower is out-of-print, them he or she should get a xerox copy as replacement copy." To motivate the losers to bet replacement book, the Librarian also helped them to get maximum discount from the the regular Book Vendors. For out-of-print books we also sought the help from neighbouring Libraries to get a xerox of the book lost through an official letter. We were aware that getting full xerox of a book is violation of Copyright Act. Hence, such copies were marked as "Single copy for academic use only" and kept for reference in Library only. With regards,D.Vasudeva PatwardhanFormer Sr.Librarian,Global Academy of TechnologyBengaluru - 560098 Mo:9845375789