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I have to agree with Tony. I do think it's a proper use of lis-medical but am prepared to be emailed down on this view. I think a lot of users just save their own money by borrowing and never returning books and any legitimate means of getting the stock back should be pursued vigorously. However, experience has just made me deeply cynical. Rabid dogs? far too soft an option - I'm sure we can find something MUCH nastier. There's always the curse of San Pedro of course - don't ask.... Liz James King's Fund library [log in to unmask] wrote: > My preference is for hunting them down with rabid dogs and then chaining them up > in the BMA cellars until three tides have passed, but in practice we limit > ourselves to rabid letters from the legal department. In my experience, > borrowers who are "known" in one library usually have a trail of irate > librarians and overdue notices in their past.. In the past when I have looked, > our seriously delinquent borrowers have only started using us after being kicked > out of their local (Thanks, guys). > > I guess there are all sorts of problems with putting up a Hall of Shame web site > - not least the danger of libel. However, it seems to me a perfectly proper use > of lis-medical to put round "does anyone know where Dr X has got too" questions. > I've done it myself with good results and once or twice have been able to help > find the, er, person concerned. > > Tony McSean > BMA Library %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%