THEY are the vital tools for studying students, but a Hampshire university has admitted it has lost track of thousands of its library books.
Southampton Solent University doesn't know where 6,126 books are, which is the ninth-highest number of any higher education institution in the country.
The figure has been released as part of a response to a Freedom of Information request that has found universities around the country have raised nearly £50m in the last six years by fining students for overdue library books.
More than 300,000 books are missing nationally, with Bucks New University admitting it has lost some 30,540.
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