Guide to security considerations and practices for rare book, manuscript, and special collection libraries / compiled & edited by Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Association of College and Research Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Security Committee
Other Authors: Wilkie, Everett C., Jr., 1947-2020
Tenney, Margaret Tufts
Marshall, Jeffrey D.
Bregman, Alvan
Shiner, Elaine
Oram, Richard W.
Hartley, Ann
Allen, Susan Macall, 1944-
Slive, Daniel J.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011.
Subjects:
Rare book libraries > Security measures > United States.
Libraries > Security measures > United States.
Archives > Security measures > United States.
Libraries > Special collections.
Book thefts > Prevention.
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Physical Description:xv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Security considerations and practices for rare book, manuscript, and special collection libraries.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Why security? / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • General considerations / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Background checks / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr. (with Margaret Tufts Tenney)
  • General building considerations / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Reading room design for security / Jeffrey D. Marshall
  • Access control systems / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Burglar alarm systems / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Closed circuit television systems / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Special circumstances / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Security guards / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Special collections reading rooms / Alvan Bregman and Margaret Tufts Tenney
  • Audit trails / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Security and technical processing / Elaine Shiner
  • Marking rare book and manuscript materials / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Weighing materials in rare book and manuscript libraries to prevent theft / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Thieves : who and why / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Legerdemain : how did they do that? / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Dealing with a theft : before and during / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr.
  • Bringing it all back home : recovery of stolen special collections material / Richard W. Oram and Ann Hartley
  • Appendix I. Blumberg survey / Susan M. Allen et al.
  • Appendix II. Who's who / Daniel J. Slive
  • Appendix III. Guidelines. ACRL guidelines regarding security and theft in special collections ; ACRL guidelines on the selection of general collection material for transfer to special collections ; MAGERT map collection security guidelines.