The Manx Blind Welfare Society is appealing for the return of a number of audio books missing from its library.
After a recent stocktake, the charity discovered that a number of audio books, on cassette tapes and MP3 memory sticks, had been borrowed and not brought back from its Corrin Court headquarters in Onchan.
The society’s library should have over 4,500 audio books available for its members to enjoy.
Volunteers coordinator and events organiser Debbie Thomson said: ‘The library is one of most used services the Society offers to visually impaired people in the island.
‘It may be that people have forgotten and then been too embarrassed to return [the books] many months later or, sadly, the person who borrowed the book may have passed away and their family have not realised where it came from.
‘Audio books can be expensive and as a charity which relies entirely on donations from the public to run our services we cannot afford to replace all the missing titles.
‘We are not asking for donations of new books, just that anyone who has forgotten to return a book, or finds one at home or among a relative or friends belongings, just drops it into Corrin Court. They won’t be charged any late fees and it won’t affect a member’s ability to continue borrowing.’
Audio books are marked with a label featuring the society’s name and address. They can be returned to the reception at Corrin Court between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.