There are instructors in the same hallway that would hear and respond
to the ping.  --Pam

Quoting "Hulbert, Linda A." <LAHULBERT@STTHOMAS.EDU>:

> 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 
> Casanova: 'Life is the only blessing man possesses, and those who do
> not live it are unworthy of it.'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
>