If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it - did it fall?
If someone goes through the gate and it pings and no one is there to hear it, having it ping will not save the collection.

Linda
Linda Hulbert, Associate Director 
        Collection Management and Services
O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library #5004
University of Saint Thomas
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Phone: (651) 962-5016         Fax: (651) 962-5486        email: lahulbert@stthomas.edu 
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Pamela Sue Bruner
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:15 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] library book security

I work part-time at a career college with a small library that consists of reference books only, nothing circulates.  We are having a problem with books being borrowed and not returned during the hours the library is open but unstaffed.

We are thinking of installing security gates and tattle taping the collection (about 500 books).  Can anyone recommend a company or system that accomodates such a small collection?

Pamela Bruner
Cambridge Institute of Allied Health & Technology Delray Beach, FL