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

Title

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

Subject

Archives

Description

The Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries is the first such book intended specifically to address security in special collection libraries. Containing nineteen chapters, the book covers such topics as background checks, reading room and general building design, technical processing, characteristics and methods of thieves, materials recovery after a theft, and security systems. While other topics are touched upon, the key focus of this volume is on the prevention of theft of rare materials. The work is supplemented by several appendices, one of which gives brief biographies of recent thieves and another of which publishes Allen s important Blumberg Survey, which she undertook after that thief s conviction. The text is supported by illustrations, a detailed index, and an extensive bibliography.

The work, compiled and edited by Everett C. Wilkie, Jr., contains contributions from Anne Marie Lane, Jeffrey Marshall, Alvan Bregman, Margaret Tenney, Elaine Shiner, Richard W. Oram, Ann Hartley, Susan M. Allen, and Daniel J. Slive, all members of the ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (RBMS) and experts in rare materials and the security of these materials within special collections.

This work is essential reading for all those concerned with special collection security, from general library administrators to rare book librarians.

Creator

Wilkie Jr., Everett C

Publisher

ACRL

Date

20 Sep. 2011

Date Available

2011

Contributor

Tripson, Charlotte

Rights

© 1996–2015 American Library Association

Type

Book

Identifier

ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8592-2

Bibliographic Citation

Wilkie Jr., Everett C. Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries. Chicago: ACRL, (2011). Print.

Files

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Citation

Wilkie Jr., Everett C, “Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries,” Digital Archiving Resources, accessed March 29, 2024, https://dar.cah.ucf.edu/items/show/135.