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020 _a9781538169605
041 _aeng
082 _a025.82 ALB/S
100 _aAlbrecht, Steve
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245 _aThe safe library: keeping users, staff, and collections secure
260 _bRowman & Littlefield --
_c2023
_aUnited States of America --
300 _axxiii, 171p.
500 _a* 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 * The 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 * Appendixes: additional security tools * 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
520 _a "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
650 _aLibrary and information sciences
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650 _aMaintenance and preservation
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650 _aLibrary buildings Safety measures
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