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ABOUT THE LIBRARY - Policies
Materials security policy
Policy # 400- 11
Effective Date: September 2001
STATEMENT:
Lost, stolen, and missing books and other materials
significantly damage the library's ability to provide the resources
that its patrons need. Replacing items is expensive, and it is often
impossible to replace even recent materials at any price. We have
the responsibility to protect the materials in our charge from such
occurrences.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for
the security of library property.
POLICY:
- To protect our materials from theft, a security system has
been installed at exits. Materials not properly checked out, for
what ever reason, will set off an alarm.
- If an alarm sounds when you pass through the gates, you will
be asked to return to the circulation desk and identify any
library materials you are carrying.
- Staff will re-process the materials.
- If the alarm again sounds, you will be asked to pass through
the gates without holding the previously-mentioned materials.
- If no reasonable explanation is found for the alarm, you may
be asked to open any items you have with you.
- We will always try to resolve these issues in a positive,
non-threatening manner.
- However, those persons who are found to have attempted to
remove library materials and/or property may be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law. In the case of minors, parents
will also be contacted.
Reviewed:
Revised:
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