Re: [IUG] DVD and CD Security

["William Gray" <wgray at greenwichlibrary dot org>]

There's also the option of changing the physical layout of your CD/DVD
area (depending on architecture, etc).

Basically, if you tag all of your cases (if not the disks) with the
tattle-tape, or with RFID tags (for those libraries with RFID), and
enclose the CD/DVD area with barriers of some kind, be they walls, rope
stands, or whatever works to separate the area, and then at the only
entrance/exit you can have another set of security gates, with either a
self-check unit(s) or circ desk specifically in that enclosed area.  The
idea is to make it so patrons have to go through the security gates, so
if they're trying to indeed steal something, it should be detected; no
materials would be allowed beyond those gates without first being
checked out.  The other trick is to do all of this in a way that the
CD/DVD area has very high visibility so people can't get time alone with
the items to work at removing the security, or can't  easily remove the
(assumedly) untagged disk and hide it on their person or put a tagged
item in a foil-lined bag or whatever.  And it would be wise to have
security cameras trained on this area at all times, so if something did
get out, at least you have a better chance of identifying the culprit.

Most other methods are a little more onerous for staff or patrons--like
having locking cases that need to be unlocked at checkout, or storing
the disks separately behind a staff desk to be issued when a patron
brings the case at checkout, etc.  The vending machines are a great
idea, and in fact are a variation of the system I recommend above, just
in a smaller area and with no chance of getting the disks out without a
library card, but these machines aren't cheap.  Then again, you may be
able to get something that will hold your entire collection for the
price of a regular self-check, and when/if the collection grows, you
could buy another machine.  The only downside is that browsing is
limited to whatever patrons get to see on a computer screen, either on
the unit itself or your catalog, so "impulse checkouts" are reduced or
eliminated.

-_Will

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Ammon, Mona
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:50 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: [IUG] DVD and CD Security

Like many places we are having issues with the security of some media
items.  We do place 3M tattle tape specific to CDs and DVDs onto the
actual disks.  Both the kind that overlays onto the entire disk with a
think security strip on one side and the security tag that goes just
over the inner circle of the disc.
 
However, we are having problems particularly with CDs that people play
in their cars getting stuck in their players.  We also have the issue of
the security overlay being removed from the disc and materials still
disappearing.
 
We are looking into other ways to secure our collection without causing
mediation by staff.
 
We have heard about a product by Integrated Technology Group which
allows discs to be secured and retrevable by customers.   There seems to
be two options either having their self check which has a feature which
will allow customers to unlock a case once the item is checked out.  The
other option is a dispensing disc unit which dispenses upon check out.
 
We have seen this company at ALA and IUG.  Since they were at IUG I am
assuming that they are compatible with III.   Is anyone using this
companies product?  Can you tell me any pros/cons?   Are you using
another product with a similar functionality?  Any other solutons to the
disc security issue.
 
Thank you for your assistance.
 
Mona Ammon
Library Operations Supervisor
Fine Arts and Special Collection Libraries
Univeristy of Arizona Library
520-307-3551
ammonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu

 


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