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The safe library : keeping users, staff, and collections secure / Steve Albrecht.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albrecht, Steve, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries--Security measures--United States.
- Libraries.
- Library buildings--United States--Safety measures.
- Library buildings.
- Libraries--Security measures.
- Library buildings--Safety measures.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- What They Don't Teach You in Library School
- Training Library Staff in Service, Safety, and Security
- Preventing Harassment of Library Staff
- Better Responses for Patrons Dealing with Homelessness
- Dealing with Patrons with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- The Top Ten Most Challenging Patrons
- Working Safely in a Rural Location
- Armed Attacker in the Library
- The Need for New Responses at Your Library
- A Plan for Library Emergencies
- Appendixes: Additional Security Tools
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- 161Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from digital title page (viewed September 28, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41352-3
- 1-5381-6961-4
- OCLC:
- 1356799965
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