Handbook of Library Security

This book surveys and discusses problems associated with library security and safety. It attempts to provide viable and practicable remedies to these problems. The central question is how we keep our buildings, shelves and stacks open and free without losing items we make viduals at unacceptable risk form the malicious, avaricious or senseless acts of others. From a detailed analysis of theft prevention measures in various kinds of libraries, the book then discusses protection of journals, non-print and special collections. It then proceeds to analyse the legal aspects of library security and also the requirements of electronic surveillance and security system. There are other aspects pertaining to the more familiar security aspects of daily significance. This is a comprehensive book on the subject and all library administrators, local and community authorities, security and supervisory staff and academic and institutional authorities will find it useful as an important addition to the rather meager literature on the subject.