The theft problem in libraries

Abstract

THE CAUSES of losses of library books may include restrictive loan policies, insufficient copies of in‐demand items, the configuration of the library building—especially secondary exits, high fines, or a general feeling that library books belong to no‐one: ‘property is theft’. It is possible that users have no intention of permanently depriving the library of the item. Books are fair game.

Citation

REVILL, D. (1975), "The theft problem in libraries", New Library World, Vol. 76 No. 6, pp. 123-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038255