Here at St. Francis, the CD cases and their discs are on open shelves. Our collection is primarily classical also, although most items have been added through very generous donations rather than library purchases. There has been no noticeable theft. For the DVDs, on the other hand, we only keep the cases on open shelves. All of the discs are kept in a cabinet behind the Circulation Desk. I suppose we have felt the need to protect these more because we have had to pay real money for them, they are used more, and they tend to cost more. Really, if a faculty member needed a DVD and it was not there, it would not be pretty. ;) Hope this helps, Gail Gawlik Head of Technical Services Brown Library University of St. Francis Joliet, IL
>>> "Moshiri, Farhad" <mosh...@uiwtx.edu> 8/16/2012 8:40 AM >>> Dear all, Are any one of you working in an academic library with open shelves for AV materials(DVDs/CDs) that are not secured with either locked cases or security layers attached to the discs? I’m talking about educational/documentaries not feature films. Have you lost items in this situation? In what rate (how many per year)? My boss is asking me if it is worthed to secure the whole collection if the cost of replacing a few lost items per year can do the job instead. Almost all our CDs are Classical music. Few classic Jazz CDs and some world music. No popular music. Should I secure them? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance.
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