Protecting Your Collection - A Handbook, Survey, & Guide for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Archives, & Works of Art (Hardcover)

Here is a practical volume that focuses on the major security problems for libraries, archives, and museums. Written by a respected librarian and security consultant, Protecting Your Collection provides provides a thorough review of the procedures for protecting library, art, and archival collections against losses from theft, fire, flooding, and mutilation. Author Slade Gandert includes fascinating interviews with librarians, rare book dealers, archivists, detectives, and security professionals to find out who steals from institutional collections--how they do it and why they do it. Each chapter features case studies of intriguing security leaks in the institutional system and describes their outcome. This important book is beneficial reading for library staff and administrators.

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1982
First published:	1982
Authors:	Slade Richard Gandert • Peter Gellatly
Dimensions:	222 x 146mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-917724-78-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	0-917724-78-X
Barcode:	9780917724787

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