For example, a security guard in the library may make some people feel safe and yet worry others about the library's need for security. Anti-theft devices elicit a similar response. Items will no longer be stolen, but patrons will feel that they are not trusted. Library security is becoming a major concern for public libraries. The answer is to be prepared.
Preparedness involves careful planning.
In this web quest graduate students, taking a Public Library Management course, will interactively explore this issue of public library security. For the purpose of this class project, you are to consider yourself to be members of a local public library community. You are members of a special focus group formed by the library board to research safety in the public library setting. The board would like this issue looked at from various viewpoints and from various perspectives. Upon completion of your research you will be asked to present your findings and recommend a security preparedness plan to the library board.