Open when unstaffed? yikes.
Would it be possible to close the library when it is unstaffed?
(I know this is likely to be very unpopular to patrons and folks on this list).
Of course it is understood that the point of a reference library is to provide access to information, but if material is going walk-about, only the person who has a particular book has access to it.
One could do some "research" (email survey, or ??) to determine what days and times of the day the library is most heavily accessed and perhaps adjust the hours it is open to hours available to be staffed?
It's just a thought.
Heather
----- Original Message -----
From: Pamela Sue Bruner <pbruner@UMICH.EDU>
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:41 pm
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] library book security
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> There are instructors in the same hallway that would hear and
> respond
> to the ping. --Pam
>
> Quoting "Hulbert, Linda A." <LAHULBERT@STTHOMAS.EDU>:
>
> > If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it -
> did it fall?
> > If someone goes through the gate and it pings and no one is
> there to
> > hear it, having it ping will not save the collection.
> >
> >
> > Linda
> > Linda Hulbert, Associate Director
> > Collection Management and Services
> > O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library #5004
> > University of Saint Thomas
> > 2115 Summit Avenue
> > St. Paul, MN 55105
> > Phone: (651) 962-5016 Fax: (651) 962-5486
> email:
> > lahulbert@stthomas.edu
> > Casanova: 'Life is the only blessing man possesses, and those
> who do
> > not live it are unworthy of it.'
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> > [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Pamela Sue Bruner
> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:15 PM
> > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> > Subject: [SERIALST] library book security
> >
> > I work part-time at a career college with a small library
> that
> > consists of reference books only, nothing circulates. We
> are having
> > a problem with books being borrowed and not returned during
> the
> > hours the library is open but unstaffed.
> >
> > We are thinking of installing security gates and tattle taping
> the
> > collection (about 500 books). Can anyone recommend a
> company or
> > system that accomodates such a small collection?
> >
> > Pamela Bruner
> > Cambridge Institute of Allied Health & Technology Delray
> Beach, FL
> >
> >
> >
>
Heather Shore
Serials Specialist/ Spécialiste Des
Périodiques
Massey Library / Bibliothèque Massey
Royal Military College of Canada / Collège militaire royal du Canada
National Defence / Défense nationale
PO Box 17000, Station Forces / CP 17000, Succursale Forces
Kingston, Ontario , Canada K7K 7B4
heather.shore@rmc.ca
Telephone / Téléphone 613-541-6000 x 6666 / Facsimile / Télécopieur 613-542-5055
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada