This morning a former student of UC from Auckland visited the library in a somewhat agitated state. She had been a student 45 years ago and wanted to speak to the Librarian. Clearly there was something on her mind.
After sitting down, she confessed to having lost or mislaid a book some 40 years ago and that she had made up her mind to come to the library when she was next in town to confess as the issue had been bothering her conscience ever since. The former student no longer has the book which made it even harder for her to make a visit.
We have no records going back that far I reassured her and that she was forgiven for the mistake. Hopefully she went away able to sleep better tonight.
Tim O’Sullivan
Did the student remember the title of the book, Tim? I’m just curious because as she remembered that she had lost it, the title might have been engraved in her mind 🙂
How sad that she had been feeling guilty for all those years instead of just contacting us to let us know the book had been lost!
Caroline A.