[Publib] question for the masses

[Louise Alcorn]

We schedule circ staff to come in for an hour or two and empty it a few
times on the rare occasions when we're closed.  
 
Louise E. Alcorn
Reference Technology Librarian
West Des Moines Public Library
4000 Mills Civic Pkwy
West Des Moines IA 50265
(515) 222-3573      louise.alcorn at wdm-ia.com
http://www.wdmlibrary.org <http://www.wdmlibrary.org/>    

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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Library Lass
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:09 PM
To: PubLib
Subject: [Publib] question for the masses


With the holidays fast approaching, I have a question for the brain
trust.  Do you lock your book drops when closed for holidays?  We do
here but patrons are trying their best to pry into them - one even broke
off the padlock.  The reason they are locked is because we are closed
for two days in a row and the book drop would become too full. 
 
If you do leave them unlocked (in a former library job, we did - I just
went in and emptied it) but we are talking about a very large number of
books, entailing several people to empty the drops on days off at the
four branches if we left them unlocked.  It has been suggested in-built
book drops but the managers seemed worried about fire and liquids being
"returned."
 
Can anyone give me a clever solution or any advice?
 
Thanks to all.
Helen Rigdon
Associate Director
KCKPL
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