This topic is being discussed on multiple lists and I find Robert
Lopresti's questions below compelling. Forwarded from GovDocs-L

Angie

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Subject:        Re: Map Thief caught thanks to Gov Doc Librarian
Date:   Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:59:30 -0700
From:   Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
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Vicki -

Thanks for the kind words.  We're mostly just glad the waiting is over.
By the way, if anyone wants to see my own version of the story (aimed at
the general public) you can find it at http://criminalbrief.com/?p=696

The questions that I think we librarians should be asking ourselves
include:

1.  Has this happened in my library?  (Have you checked your own Serial
Set volumes lately?)
2.  If so, how can I get the word out?  (One person to contact is FBI
agent James Wilson, who is handling the Brubaker case.
[log in to unmask] )
3.  If not, how can I make sure it doesn't happen?  (Time for a security
audit?)

And finally, the big one that should have all of us putting on our
thinking caps:

4.  What should happen to the approximately 20,000 maps and other prints
that were confiscated in Montana and have no identifying markings?  (I'd
love to hear your ideas.)

Rob

Rob Lopresti
Government Information Librarian, WL Liaison for Huxley College
Western Washington University
360-650-3342   [log in to unmask]



-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of Government Document Issues
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vicki Tate
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:40 PM
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Subject: Map Thief caught thanks to Gov Doc Librarian


Congrats to Robert Lopresti, Western Washington University Government
Information Librarian, in his efforts to catch a map thief.  As reported
in
the latest American Libaries Direct (4/2/08) the thief was caught
because of
Rob's diligence and willingness to get involved.  I now feel safe to
catalog
our copy of "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies" [Serial Set no. 2998, pub. 1891].

To read the article, see:

http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/april2008/b
rubakerarrested.cfm


VICKI TATE

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