[ILL-L] Sensitizing or De-Sensitizing Books Borrowed

[Tom Bruno]

We don't desensitize others' materials either.  For circulating ILL
materials, our security guards are trained to look for a red stamp on our
ILL bookstrap that reads "OK TO LEAVE WIDENER".  This arrangement seems to
work fairly well.

Regards,
Tom Bruno
Head of Interlibrary Loan
Widener Library
Harvard University

2008/4/22 Linda Neely <lneely at michigan.gov>:

>  We do not desensitize anyone else's materials, and we hope they don't
> desensitize ours.
>
> Linda K. Neely
> Reference,  Interlibrary
> Loan & MeLCat Librarian
> Library of Michigan
> Department of History, Arts & Libraries
> 702 W. Kalamazoo Street
> Lansing, MI 48915
> www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan
>
> My Phone: 517-373-3687
> Fax:  517-373-5853
> Email: lneely at michigan.gov
>
>
> >>> "Shelia Gaines" <sgaines at cn.edu> 4/21/2008 7:21:30 PM >>>
>
> I am interested in getting a general idea of how many libraries do not
> sensitize or desensitize books that are borrowed from other libraries and
> the reasoning behind your choice.   Right now we just hand books borrowed
> around the gate, since our current system is only alarmed on the exit
> door.   I believe that the reasoning for that goes way back to a fear of
> interfering with someone else's security system.
>
> However, with our new security system, patrons can enter and exit from
> either door and there are security gates on both sides.  This means that the
> alarm will sound when students walk in with ILL books.
>
> You may reply off the list if you prefer.
>
>
>
>
>
> Shelia Gaines
>
> Access Services Librarian
>
> Carson-Newman College
>
> 1634 Russell Street
>
> Jefferson City, TN 37760
>
> 865-471-3534 (p)
>
> 865-471-3450 (f)
>
> sgaines at cn.edu
>
>
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