Keeping It Safe, Keeping It Available

In the July 2007 issue of the Library Student Journal, an article by Joel Kovarsky discusses security and theft-prevention measures in library special collections, and the challenges of keeping rare materials both safe and available. As you might expect, Joel makes special reference to l’affaire Forbes Smiley as the most infamous and egregious recent example. Via MapHist.

Posted on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Categories: Libraries, Map Thefts

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