Security

This page provides links to key resources related to library security.  The inclusion of a resource in this page does not imply a recommendation of it. 

The slide in the upper left corner is of the Entrance Desk & Security at Halifax Regional Library, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  If you click on the photo it will explode to a larger size. 

General Guidelines

• Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections (ACRL, 1999)
• Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries (ACRL, 1994)
• Safe and Sound:  Protecting the Collections of the Library of Congress (LOC, 1998)
• System Administration, Networking, and Security (SANS Institute, 2001)

Suppliers

Directories
• Librarian's Yellow Pages:  Security Equipment and Systems (2001)


Security Systems

• Arrow Locks (no date)
• DETEX Corporation (no date)
• DORMA Group North America (2001)
• ID Systems - Library Services (no date)
• IR Safe City (Ingersoll-Rand, 2001)
• Rutherford Controls (2001)
• Sentry Technology Corporation (2001)
• Vernon Library Supplies, Inc. (2001)
• Yale Security Group (2001)