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Author Albrecht, Steve, 1963- author.

Title The safe library : keeping users, staff, and collections secure / Steve Albrecht.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

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Description xxiii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What they don't teach you in library school: security matters, talking helps -- Training library staff in service, safety, and security: focus on the need premise -- Preventing harassment of library staff: responding to sexual or racial behaviors by patrons -- Better responses for patrons dealing with homelessness: an empathy-driven understanding -- Dealing with patrons with mental health and substance use disorders: behavioral and medical events -- Our top ten most challenging patrons -- Working safely in a rural location: the one-employee or micro-staff library -- An armed attacker in the library: rare, catastrophic, and survivable - The need for new responses at your library: police officers and security guards -- A plan for library emergencies: medical events, fires and beyond -- Appendix A. Sample security incident report format -- Appendix B. Inspection days -- Appendix C. The need for a visitor/vendor access policy -- Appendix D. The perils of the parking lot -- Appendix E. Safe library events.
Summary "This book provides advice and support to help library employees best deal with sexually harassing patrons, unruly groups of students, gang members, thieves, Internet hogs, and others who can disrupt the safe library environment"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Libraries -- Security measures -- United States.
Library buildings -- United States -- Safety measures.
Libraries -- Security measures. (OCoLC)fst00997437
Library buildings -- Safety measures. (OCoLC)fst00997665
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
ISBN 9781538169599 hardcover
1538169592 hardcover
9781538169605 paperback
1538169606 paperback
9781538169612 electronic book

 
    
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