‘ At present the“ 
     
     g.P.E.I_. library is suf- 
     
     fering from substantial 
     
     .losses due-to a contin- 
     
     uous theft of both books 
     
     and periodicals. The 
     
     sproblem now faced by 
     
     lthe library staff is 
     
     fhow to curtail this 
     
     gloss. To give you some 
     
     fmagnitude of this pro- 
     
     :blem last year the loss 
     
     lif replaced would cost 
     
     \in the area of $15,000. 
     
     lHowever,'the solution 
     
     is not just a monetary 
     
     =one for most materials 
     
     gin the library at the 
     
     'present time.cannot be 
     
     thought. 'This is due to 
     
     the fact that most of 
     
     ‘books are not in print 
     
     at the present time and 
     
     cannot be acquired 
     
     through publishing 
     
     houses. Also period- 
     
     -icals are not kept in 
     
     stock after they have 
     
     first appeared. Even 
     
     current editions. very 
     
     few people seem to rea— 
     
     lize this. "So What!" 
     
     you say! However, give 
     
     some thought to the 
     
     consequences of re- 
     
     moving a book without 
     
     it going through cir— 
     
     .culation, even if you 
     
     do bring it back at 
     
     some future date. The 
     
     fact is that if a book 
     
     is not in the stacks and 
     
     it is also-not.checked 
     
     ‘out, it is considered‘ 
     
     lost as far as the li- 
     
     brary is concerned. 
     
     This of course means 
     
     that any one else who 
     
     .requires the book is 
     
     just outoof luck. Ybu' 
     
     are thus imposing your I 
     
     nown.personal desires on 
     
     ‘others, not eXactly a 
     
     product of the age of 
     
     aquarious. Are you 
     
     .really beating the sy- 
     
     stemor are you just 
     
     wheating yourselves? 
     
    

    
     The latter is the case 
     
     if you think about it. 
     
    

    
     ‘ The problem does 
     
     exist so what can he 
     
     done about it. The 
     
     university librarian, 
     
     in a memo to the sen- 
     
     ate,‘stated some of the 
     
     alternatives, which‘ are : 
     
     1) Continue at present 
     
     and just absorb the loss. 
     
     2)Install turn-stiles 
     
     Twith one way entrance 
     
     Zgates and exiting traf- 
     
     fic flowing past the 
     
     circulation desk. 
     
     Persons and briefcases 
     
    
   
   
    
     .3)The above but use 
     
     ;commissionaires to do 
     
     .the checking. 
     
    

    
     4) Have closed stacks 
     
     ‘and runners to retrieve 
     
     Irequested materials. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     trance to and from 
     
     stack areas. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     6) Installation of tech-. 
     
     nical devices viz. 
     
     metalic strips, wires, 
     
     paint, etc. in library 
     
     materials which trig— 
     
     ger warning devices at 
     
     the exit. 
     
    

    
     0f the above there- 
     
     is Only one which does ‘ 
     
     not in some way hinder 
     
     the use of the library 
     
     by its patrons. This r 
     
     is statement 1). HOW“. 
     
     ever, the loss is no 
     
     longer possible if the: 
     
     library is to function 
     
     in the best interests 
     
     of its users. There— 
     
    
   
   
    
     :fore one of the alter- 
     
     ,native methods of_sur— 
     
    
   
   
    
     véilancé*will have to 
     
    

    
     be used. (Given that 
     
    

    
     to close the stacks is: 
     
     just not acceptable toi 
     
     anyone.) we now can ' 
     
     throw out the ides of 
     
     hidden materials to 
     
     trigger alarms because 
     
     this is just too expen— 
     
     sive and it is not 
     
     foolproof. Also stu- 
     
     dents. though cheap 
     
     labour, cannot be ems 
     
     played as checkers due 
     
     to personal bias. There- 
     
     Tfore, what is the 
     
     ‘answer? 
     
    

    
     3)...the commissionaires 
     
     do the checking. Or 
     
     what is popularly known 
     
     athethe K—Mart mentality. 
     
     'Is this what you want? 
     
     ‘Of course not! You 
     
     will be the first to s 
     
     ‘say that your human 
     
     liberities are being 
     
     jeopardimd. ,Wherljach 
     
    

    
     of you is considered 
     
     'guilty by a guard un- 
     
     til proven otherwise. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Therefore the qmn 
     
     is on you to stop this 
     
     from occurring. Ygg, 
     
     who frequentlthe 1 regy 
     
     must change your borrow- 
     
     ‘ing habits by: 
     
    

    
     1) checking out all 
     
     ;materials 
     
     2) returning non—pro- 
     
     ‘cessed material whiCh 
     
     is outtat this time. 
     
     3) make an effort so 
     
     that others do not 
     
     take advantage of the 
     
     "policy of trust" at 
     
     the library and thus 
     
     cause the library to 
     
     enforce one of the 
     
     aforementioned policies 
     
     warning has been. 
     
     given therefore act 
     
     now to keep your li- 
     
     brary the most liber- 
     
     al in Canad39 
     
    
   
   
    
     Richard‘o'lrien 
     
    
   
   
    
      O O O C O 
     
    
   
   
    
     TORONTO (cup) - The Univeré‘ 
     
     sity of Toronto Library Gown-— 
     
     cil yesterday (Feb. 2) voted 
     
     to refuse undergraduated ao— 
     
     cass to the stacks of the John 
     
     Roberts Research Library, igh 
     
     noring nearly 4000 petitions 
     
     demanding entry. 
     
    

    
     In the aftermath of 
     
     the Councilcdecision studr 
     
     dents were reported plan- 
     
     ning more direct action to 
     
     press their demand for open 
     
    
   
   
    
     stacks. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A meeting of the Uni- 
     
     versity's senate will alsd” 
     
     be asked to reconsider the 
     
     Council‘s decision. How— 
     
     ever, there is little chance 
     
     that the non-student body 
     
     will reverse yesterday's 
     
     decision. 
     
    

    
     The petitions, prin- 
     
     ted in a recent issue of 
     
     the student newspaper 
     
     were dumped on the council 
     
     table shortly before the 
     
     faculty-dominated council 
     
     voted 19-5 to reject the 
     
     student demand. 
     
    

    
     University officials 
     
     havs sought to keep under-- 
     
     grads out of the thirteen 
     
     storey library, claiming 
     
     that the stacks would be 
     
     ovarcrowed and that the 
     
     undergrads would be likely 
     
     to miSplace books as they 
     
     glanced through the stack" 
     
     collection. 
     
    

    
     About 4500 graduates 
     
     and faculty members will 
     
     have full access to the 
     
     library's stack collect- 
     
     ions. Other students will 
     
     have to order books from 
     
     the stacks, using the*E§rd 
     
     catalogues as their sole 
     
     source of information a- 
     
     bout what material is 
     
     hidden away in the lib- 
     
     raryisvbowels.