Anyone keep their dvd collection in open stacks, without locking cases? We're
looking into moving ours into an open area and while it's counter to my own
instincts, many think putting them all in cases as too costly for preventing
little theft. Any thoughts or personal experiences are welcome!
I would be interested on various libraries experience with this as well.
Best,
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Richard Graham rgrah...@unl.edu wrote:
Anyone keep their dvd collection in open stacks, *without *locking
cases? We’re looking into moving ours into an open area and while it’s
Oh, bad news from here. I know public libraries often have different
collections. We for a long time double shelved our cds and dvds - empty cases
on the open shelves, discs in file cabinets in back of the circ desk. It
wasn't a sustainable plan - eventually we had too many titles, and not
Not too bad of news from this public library. Our DVD and Cd collections are
out on open shelves. We have a collection of about 7,000 titles of each
format, way too many to store behind our circulation desk. We do use 3-M
security strips, however, that system is very easy for patrons to
http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201214676.pdf
Sarah E. McCleskey
Head of Access Services, Film and Media
112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu
516-463-5076 (phone)
516-463-4309 (fax)
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the
