The Quick Audit Tool
A self-assessment tool in the fight against theft, mutilation, vandalism and loss, offered to you by the CERL Security Working Group. 5th Edition.
Author(s): Security Network Working Group
Language(s): English
Pages: 22
Year: 2024
Abstract & Notes
This booklet aims to raise awareness of a speedy way for any library/archive to see how their collection security policies and procedures compare against a baseline set by CERL institutions, both big and small, represented in CERL's Security Network Working Group. It provides guidelines and useful tips. The booklet is available in two formats.
The Quick Audit Tool (QAT) (5th edition - 2024) aims to raise awareness of a speedy way for any library/archive to see how their collection security policies and procedures compare against a baseline set by CERL institutions, both big and small, represented in the Security Working Group. Furthermore it provides guidelines and useful tips.
Two formats are available: to be printed as a booklet or to be consulted on screen. These Excel sheets help you to record your responses to the questions.
The Quick Audit Tool Discussion Cards and the QAT Library
The Security Network developed two supporting tools related to the Quick Audit Tool.
The first of these consists of QAT Discussion Cards. The Discussion Card were developed in parallel to the Quick Audit Tool and offer an ideal opportunity to engage various stakeholders in your institution with collection security issues. Each of the cards presents a realistic scenario that could happen in your library, and exploring this scenario with library staff in detail results in greater awareness of the issues at hand, a better understanding of the risks that present themselves and the collection security measures that were taken and need to be enforced.
The second supporting tool , called QAT Library, aims to offer inspiration to CERL members who are in the process of drafting or refining their own security policies. This tool is designed to bring together examples (forms, check-lists, procedures, etc.) and experiences related to the security of collections from our different institutions. A basic version, which can already give you an idea of the tool’s power, is currently available in the member area. The aim is to expand the QAT Library with contributions from CERL members.
CERL members may request access to both these tools, by writing to secretariat@cerl.org.
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