Libriaians: Growl Kick Bite...

[libraryvixen]

Originally Posted by Name

and in earlier news, more librarians fighting:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...tid=118&tid=98

Oh man... yet more library theft for cash!

A few years back, our library had a rash of thefts of first edition hardbacks. They were, of course, worn and a little nasty looking... so we think they went either on Ebay or a used bookstore. Our library stamps the hell out of the books with property stamps... so I wonder if they can be sold.

People steal many MANY things at our branch. Before the installation of the security tags and gates at our branch, the most popular "stolen subjects: astrology, witchcraft, sex books, and dream dictionaries. Many books with feet have been spotted with the Nolo law guides that discussed Doing Your Own Divorce, How to get Patents and Copyright, and the Landlord / Tenent rights.

It really stinks for a small library to lose stock due to theft because there are a lot of books that cannot be replaced. At least in our branch, sometimes we dont' have enough money to replace the copies.