Well one of the drearier parts of being music librarian is sorting returned music. However, it took less than an hour to sort over 40 sets of 15 pieces. Kind choir members offer to sort it as they hand it in. I think I get a better return rate if I don't insist on pre-sorting as it takes a second or two for a choir member to hand in the bunch of music. After a concert, most are anxious to get out to the audience to greet friends and family — they don't want to be stuck sorting through their music, too. Now I have to sort each pile by number, at least the original copies, to find what, if anything, is missing. To a music librarian, bliss is discovering that everyone has handed in their music. At least this time our borrowed copies were obtained gratis with no overdue fines or strict deadlines.