Gee, you folks are very lucky.  We get three copies of our two daily
newspapers, one goes to the Indexing section for our newspaper index, one
goes on a newspaper stick and is put in the public area, and the third copy
goes behind the Service Desk, where a library card or picture ID are
required to use it.

We still have problems with people ripping out coupons, filling out the
crossword or sudoku puzzles, or tearing out obituaries of their friends or
family members.  And with one of our Chinese newspapers, we have someone
ripping out half a page every day.  No idea what the page's topic is, but
all of our papers have been damaged.

Charles L. King
Serials Librarian
Hawaii State Library
478 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-2994
http://www.hawaii.gov/libraries/hsl/serials.html

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Lori Rotterman
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:58 AM
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We keep the current day's issue of our two local papers and the most recent
Sunday issue of a dozen regional papers behind the desk.  Patrons must leave
their library card or ID at the desk while they are reading these papers,
and the ID is returned to them when the paper is returned intact.

We do still get the occasional theft of other papers from the open shelves,
but not enough to worry about.  Often, only a certain section of a paper
will be stolen (usually Sports), rather than the entire issue.

Lori Rotterman
Serials Clerk
Dayton Metro Library
Dayton, OH 45402
937-496-8682
lrotterman@daytonmetrolibrary.org

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Dieden, Cynthia
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:18 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
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Hello- I am looking for ideas on how to cut down on theft of newspapers. We
do allow patrons to peruse the current and 3 months backfiles of newspapers
without staff intervention, although current newspapers are in sight of
several desk staff.  Any thoughts on how we could secure the newspapers
without cutting down on the availability?  I'm more concerned about the
current issues than the backfiles.

Cynthia Dieden
Collection Specialist Librarian/Periodicals Supervisor
Mount Prospect Public Library
847-253-5675 ext. 3647
cdieden@mppl.org

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