Lost and Not Yet Found

Stuff accumulates in the library. The day starts chilly but turns warm and the morning's jacket is left on the back of a chair. Textbooks and notebooks are left behind on a table when their owners migrate to a workstation. When the lights flash to signal the library's closing, hats and mittens and umbrellas are overlooked as students quickly pack their bags and return to their dorms. As librarians clear the building, they scoop up these student belongings and place them in the Lost and Found bucket by the copier. As a last ditch effort to reunite these items with their owners, we have piled them on a table in the entry where they wait forlornly. So, if you are looking for something from last year, try the table. Things accumulating this year will go into the copy room.