[Publib] Magazine Disappearance Problem--The Advocate

[walt 24seven]

I agree, Vivian.  If one person is caught stealing from a library, the 
incident "should be treated just the same as shoplifting in a retail store". 
  A library is a place of business that provides services to the
general public or that community of people.  The items within the 
collections belong to the library.
The Circulation staff should make notations within the patron's record 
regarding the incident,
and the security staff should be informed.
We need to come down much harder on those patrons and teach them a lesson, 
for they are
considered criminals.

     "FIGHT THEFTS IN THE LIBRARIES"

Robert Walters
Wayne State University
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>From: dan cawley <librarybusiness at yahoo.com>
>To: publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: Re: [Publib] Magazine Disappearance Problem--The Advocate
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 12:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>dear vivian:
>
>   i wish you the best of luck finding the perpetrator(s).  public 
>libraries have been fighting the "legion of decency" for decades.  these 
>folks fail to realize that stealing from the library is no different than 
>stealing from the church collection plate.
>
>   it's a big, scary world out there and they want to help keep people's 
>minds clean.  heaven forbid, someone might encounter an alternative 
>viewpoint.  these rascals need to be exposed.  take 'em down, vivian!
>
>   dan cawley
>   seaside public library
>   seaside, oregon
>
>
>
>
>Dale McNeill <dale.mcneill at gmail.com> wrote:
>     Whether the area is conservative or liberal doesn't much matter.  An 
>individual customer can still decide to do a little "self-weeding".  I've 
>seen it go both ways.  I've also interviewed customers stopped by security 
>(at a previous job) taking various sorts of items (including The Advocate, 
>gospel music recordings, Bibles, patent gazettes, and many other kinds of 
>items) who said "I didn't think anyone else would be interested" (well, 
>more or less).
>
>   As has been noted, randomly adding security to magazines helps as long 
>as customers aren't throwing them away in the library. If that's the case, 
>it's more difficult.
>
>   We would often file police reports (this is theft of public property, 
>after all).  After a few such reports, we were able to have the police 
>investigate.  In one case, the officer asked us to post a sign saying, more 
>or less "Theft or destruction of public property is a criminal offense and 
>will be prosecuted."  We posted the sign and the theft stopped.  I wouldn't 
>post such a sign without consulting legal counsel and the local police 
>department, as local law and practice differ greatly.
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Dale
>
>   (happy that you're trying to do something about this!)
>
>
>   On 5/9/07, Mary Donley <marydonley at yahoo.com> wrote:   Vivian,
>
>Maybe you are in a conservative area and patrons
>who disapprove are taking?  I spoke with Ms. Murray-
>O'Hare years ago about her newsletter, The American
>Atheist.  She said it was often stolen from libraries
>by those who disapproved of her position.
>
>Mary
>
>--- Vivian McGaha < godfrev at tblc.org> wrote:
>
> > We have a problem with the current magazine, back
> > issues and sign disappearing.  This week even the
> > page where it was listed in our periodical list is
> > missing.  We've tried putting it behind the
> > reference desk but patrons are reluctant to ask for
> > it.  Has any other library had this problem and
> > found a solution?
> >
> >
> > Vivian McGaha
> > Collection Management Librarian
> > Pinellas Park Public Library
> > 7770 52nd Street
> > Pinellas Park, FL  33781
> > 727/541-0718
> >
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