At Cal State San Marcos we have 3M security gates at the 2nd and 3rd
floor entrances/exits of the library. This means each piece of library
material must be security stripped. When the item is checked out the
strip is desensitized. When it is returned it is sysentized again.
This works quite well for us. These gates are located near the
circulation desks. We also have a voice alarm that goes off if someone
tries to exit without checking an item out. It tells them to return to
the check out desk.
Dannis L. Mitchell
Preservation/Donations
Kellogg Library
Cal State San Marcos
San Marcos, CA 92096
phone 760-750-4334
fax 760-750-3330
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From: owner-padg@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-padg@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yvonne
Carignan
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:27 AM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Cc: wdn@xxxxxxx
Subject: [PADG:1164] security/welcome desk query
Colleagues,
I would appreciate help with the issue of staffing a security/welcome
desk at the front door of a large academic library. My questions
include:
1)How does your library keep books from being stolen by simply walking
out the front door?
2)Would you share statistics about how many times book theft is
prevented by a guard or monitor, or other related statistics?
3)Any arguments you or your colleagues have used to upgrade front door
security.
Thanks very much,
Yvonne