Except for a couple things (DVDs) that are on reserve, all of our AV is on open shelves. Our DVDs & remaining videos are together in an AV section. The limited CDs (audio or ebook) are shelved with the books and CD-ROMs (software) are mostly still in the sleeve bound in the book. The few CD-ROMs that couldn't be left in the book are in a DVD/CD storage case and shelved with the book.
So far our loss has been minimal - maybe 2 in the 7 years I've been here. Those were CD-ROMs missing from returned books. We did have one instructor lose the storage box - but not the DVD! We do use 3M security overlays on our DVDs and CDs/CD-ROMs, so that may help. Lynea Lynea Anderman Director of the Library lander...@pit.edu<mailto:lander...@pit.edu> Advisor: Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Psi Mu Chapter Advisor: Chi Alpha Epsilon, Chi Chapter Pennsylvania Institute of Technology Library Phone : (610) 892-1524 Fax : (610) 892-1523 Library website: http://my.pit.edu/content/studentservices/library.aspx Library catalog: http://pitcat.pit.edu<http://pitcat.pit.edu/> "Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off." ~ Spider Robinson CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained within this email is intended for the addressee only. The message may contain confidential information, and the wrongful distribution or communication of such information is prohibited. If you receive this email in error please notify the sender immediately by reply email and delete the email including any attachments. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:41 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area 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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