Not an academic library, but we went to unsecured access in January. Since then, we have lost 326 titles. In the first 4 weeks, we lost over 100, but in the last several months, it has slowed down to 5 - 10 per week, rather than 5 - 10 per day. Almost all the missing titles are feature films, and popular ones at that. Our cds are now all going to be unsecured also - we have had all but popular and Spanish in their cases since November last year, hand haven't really had too much loss - mostly country, sacred and movie/musicals. But now, the popular and Spanish are going in their cases, also, and I anticipate great loss. Our previous system was double shelving - cases out on the shelfs, discs in file cabinets. At some point this does become untenable. It depends on how much loss are you willing to take, and how much in demand are the nonfiction film titles you have. Are they for popular classes? Are they out of print, or can you still get replacements? Good luck on this.
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:41 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area Dear all, Are any one of you working in an academic library with open shelves for AV materials(DVDs/CDs) that are not secured with either locked cases or security layers attached to the discs? I'm talking about educational/documentaries not feature films. Have you lost items in this situation? In what rate (how many per year)? My boss is asking me if it is worthed to secure the whole collection if the cost of replacing a few lost items per year can do the job instead. Almost all our CDs are Classical music. Few classic Jazz CDs and some world music. No popular music. Should I secure them? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance.
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