Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries - Softcover

Wilkie Jr, Everett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838985920 ISBN 13: 9780838985922

Publisher: Assoc of College & Research Libraries, 2011

Synopsis

The ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) has long updated its guidelines for security and response to theft in special library collections. This volume, edited by Wilkie, Jr. (former chair of the RBMS Security Committee), provides a more comprehensive text than just the guidelines. Contributions include practical security concerns, such as burglar alarm systems and security guards, as well as procedures like conducting audit trails and marking rare book and manuscript materials. Four chapters on dealing with theft close out the book. It includes three lengthy appendixes, one of which presents a history of the Blumberg case and survey, where 21,000 books were recovered following an FBI raid. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Everett C. Wilkie, Jr. is a former Chair of the ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Security Committee and an independent scholar. He received his PhD and ML from the University of South Carolina. He is the co-author of The French Image of America: A Chronological and Subject Bibliography of French Books Printed before 1816 Relating to the British North American Colonies and the United States, among other volumes, and has published numerous articles and other writings in the field of Americana bibliography and history and special collections

Edition details

• Publisher: Assoc of College & Research Libraries
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838985920
• ISBN 13: 9780838985922
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364