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Subject: Fw: [ARLIS-L] THEFT ALERT
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005
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fyi, sorry if this is a duplicate message, see below
Alice C. Hudson
Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788
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Open 1-7:30 Tu; 1-6 Wed-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon.
See our exhibition, Treasured Maps, in Room 316,
the Edna Barnes Salomon Room,
from 10-7:30 Tu; 11-7:30 Wed; 10-6 Thur-Sat; 1-5 Sun.
http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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pbaxter/MHT/Nypl
12/21/2005 11:15
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Subject Fw: [ARLIS-L] THEFT ALERT
fyi
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Anne Haas <[log in to unmask]>
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To: ARLIS Libraries: FOR YOUR INTERNAL INFORMATION
From: Bowdoin College Library
Date: December 21, 2005
Re: Attempted theft at Bowdoin Library
We are writing to advise you about an incident at the Bowdoin Library
involving a patron who may have been attempting to steal library materials.
On Monday, we noticed a patron in the stacks acting suspiciously, and
simultaneously found a pile of library materials hidden behind shelved
books in the stacks nearby. The materials were primarily old maps that had
been torn out of turn-of-the-century government documents, depicting
National Parks and other American territories. We immediately called our
Director of Security, Randy Nichols, who came to the Library and talked to
the man. After the man hurriedly left the Library, Randy contacted the
Brunswick Police who stopped the man for questioning. The man had no
library materials on his person, but his actions and attitude convinced
Randy that he was responsible for tearing out the maps and probably planned
to remove the items he had stashed away. He has now been issued a trespass
warning and will not be permitted on the Bowdoin campus.
The man’s name is Laurent A. Beaucage of Brunswick, age 56, 5'11", 170 lbs,
gray hair, and hazel eyes. He was neatly dressed and was wearing a
loose-fitting light khaki jacket. The police photograph is at
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~kfattig/beaucage/beaucage.jpg
For a couple of weeks we had been finding torn-up pieces of old text pages
in wastebaskets in different areas of our basement stacks, so we suspected
something strange was going on. Yesterday we found the empty cardboard
covers of some of these texts, mixed in with the torn-out maps. We suspect
that the man might have been inserting stolen maps in the cardboard covers
to conceal them. These old items would not have set off our security
alarm.
If you feel nervous about the actions of a patron, or see mysterious
torn-up materials in wastebaskets, trust your instincts! Our valuable
collections are unfortunately vulnerable to mutilation and theft by people
who can make money selling the materials through antique stores, flea
markets, etc.
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