Dear Colleagues,

 

There are still a few weeks left to register for the class described below.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

 

Best wishes,

 

Moira

 

Moira Fitzgerald

Head, Access Services

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Yale University

(203) 432-2973

 

 

Security for Special Collection Librarians Workshop

As part of the International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection’s Annual Security Conference hosted by Yale University Cultural Properties

$195 full day registration, $135 for Yale staff—(choose the “invoice” option)—breakfast and lunch included:  http://ifcpp.org/  (sign up for a free membership to register)

Tuesday September 19^th 2017, 8:30a – 4:30p (7:30a breakfast and vendor exhibit)

Omni Hotel, New Haven, CT

Keynote Speaker—Michael Blanding—Author of “The Map Thief”

Michael Blanding is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University.  His latest book, The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps, has been named a New York Times bestseller, an NPR Book of the Year, a New England Society Book Award winner, and a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize and the Massachusetts Book Awards.  In The Map Thief, Michael Blanding tells the true-life story of a map dealer–turned-criminal E. Forbes Smiley III, who stole more than $3 million worth of antique maps from rare-book libraries around the country.  In addition to talking about Smiley’s thefts, Blanding will also talk about the security and legal issues that emerged from this case.

How to Create and/or Supplement your Security Manual

Salvatore Caputo, Assistant Director for Security and Operations, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Does your Policies and Procedures manual address the security concerns that are important to your library?

Receive an overview of what policies and procedures should be considered for your security manual.  Resources are made available for starting or completing your manual.

Balancing Access and Security in Library Special Collections

Peggy Schaller— President of Collections Research for Museums, Denver, Colorado

Policies and Procedures for researcher access to Library Special Collections are critical components to striking a balance between preservation and access.  Libraries hold Special Collections materials that are unique and hold valuable information for future generations. Libraries are in the business of protecting these collections, but they are also in the business of making these collections available to the public.  This session will discuss the various elements to consider in putting together viable policies and procedures for access to these types of collections.

The Philosophy of Fire Protection

Nick Artim, The Heritage Protection Group

Effective fire protection is a multiple faceted discipline that encompasses fire prevention/risk management, fire detection and alarm, emergency evacuation, isolating the fire size, fire extinguishment, and emergency recovery. This session will review how fires can occur and spread within a building, and then describe how the various elements of fire safety interact to minimize potential harm.

Emergency Planning

Eileen Brady, CIPM, CIPMII, Professor Emeritus, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

A forty-five year career in libraries has given the speaker personal experience with evacuations, fire, flood, problem patrons, structure failures, thefts, and vandalism. Based on these, she offers suggestions on writing, testing, and refining guidelines and/or procedures for various types of events; training staff and getting their buy-in; and dealing with co-workers who feel that “it can’t happen here.”

Safe Handling of Special Collection Material

Christine McCarthy, Chief Conservator and Tara Kennedy, Preservation Services Librarian, Yale University Libraries

In order to ensure the safety of your collections while being used by patrons, Librarians should be familiar with proper handling for all types of material within their collection.  Preservation and Conservation experts from Yale University Libraries demonstrate proper handling of many types of collection material and provide a handling guide for class participants.

Performing a Security Audit on your Reading Room

Michael Bell— Associate University Librarian for IT and Administrative Services, Yale University Libraries.

Review a tested audit process for Special Collection Reading Rooms, including an audit checklist that can be used to gather important information about your facility, determine your strengths and weaknesses and assess how to follow up with security recommendations.  Hear lessons learned from extensive audits conducted at many different types of libraries and hear about the importance of taking an honest look at your security vulnerabilities

Why people steal from Special Collection Libraries, how to recognize it and what we can do to prevent it. 

Lynn Ieronimo, Head of Security, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

There’s more than one reason why people may steal from your facility.  A discussion about how to protect all your material, not just the most valuable, what constitutes suspicious behavior and how to protect your facility against patron/staff theft and vandalism.

How to plan for and maintain security during a construction project—panel discussion

Panel Members:  Peter Yacono—Security Supervisor, Yale Center for British Art; John Pfannenbecker—Chief of Security and Frank Biceglia—Security Manager, Yale University Art Gallery; Jamie Harris, Asst. Head of Security, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Tom Giola, Vice President, Standard Builders Construction

You are never more vulnerable than when your facility is under construction, whether the project is small or large.

Learn how to plan for your construction project, maintain high security during construction and come out at the end of the project with what you want and need.  Hear from security experts that have successfully managed security throughout multiple complicated and intrusive construction projects. Question and answer period provided.