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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813324403321

Autore

Graham Warren Davis

Titolo

The black belt librarian : real-world safety & security / / Warren Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2012

ISBN

0-8389-9374-5

1-283-37594-X

9786613375940

0-8389-9373-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Disciplina

025.8/2

025.82

Soggetti

Libraries - Security measures

Libraries - Security measures - Planning

Libraries - Safety measures

Libraries - Safety measures - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Inmates Running the Asylum; Chapter 2: Demystifying the Concept of a Security Program; Chapter 3: The Librarian in the Mirror; Chapter 4: The Tao of "No"; Chapter 5: Playing Chess with the Checkers Player; Chapter 6: Day-to-Day Security Considerations; Chapter 7: A Strategy for Basic Security Documentation; Chapter 8: Security Personnel Who Actually Help You Be Secure; Chapter 9: Putting It All Together; In Closing: Questions for All on Planet Library; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sharing expertise gleaned from more than two decades as a library security manager, Graham demonstrates that libraries can maintain their best traditions of openness and public access by creating an unobtrusive yet effective security plan.