Library Security: Practices and Strategies
Organized by: CERL Security Network Working Group
Speaker(s): Andrea De Pasquale,Denis Bruckmann,Giovanni Prisco,Greger Bergvall,Ivan Boserup,Jean-Louis Bruguès,Kristian Jensen,Marie Allen,Paola Manoni,Per Cullhed,Theo Vermeulen,Ulf Göranson
The Security Network organised a conference on ‘Library Security: Practices and Strategies’, which was hosted by the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and took place on 8 May 2015.
Programme
– 09.00-09.30: Welcome-His Excellence Most Reverend Msgr. Jean-Louis Bruguès O.P. (Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church), Ulf Göranson (CERL Chairman) and Kristian Jensen (British Library, London, and Chair, CERL Security Working Group)
–09.30-11.00: SESSION 1 – Accountability and Governance
• Kristian Jensen (British Library, London): ‘Governance structures supporting collection security in the British Library’
• Andrea de Pasquale (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma): ‘I furti nelle biblioteche italiane: un problema antico e nuovo’
-11.00-11.30: COFFEE
-11.30-13.00: SESSION 2 – Staff interaction with the collections SESSION 2
• Denis Bruckmann (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris): ‘Security management and staff management: the example of the Bibliothèque nationale de France’
• Paola Manoni (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano): ‘RFID in libraries: the Vatican Library’s security system and new perspectives’
-13.00-14.00: LUNCH
-14.00-15.30: SESSION 3 – Digital tools for prevention and detection
• Ivan Boserup (formerly Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København): ‘Lessons to Learn? The Royal Library Thefts’
• Per Cullhed (Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket): ‘A simple but efficient technique for audits of book collections’
• Marie Allen (Uppsala Universitet): ‘Applications of DNA labelling for a higher security’
-16.00-16.30: COFFEE
-16.30-18.30: SESSION 4 – The process of recovery. How do we interact with the investigating and legal authority?
• Theo Vermeulen (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag): ‘Burden of proof. The role of library expertise in the investigation of a case of theft in The Netherlands’
• Giovanni Prisco (Operational Department-Antiques Section, Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Italian Carabinieri, Roma: ‘What do the Authorities need to act promptly and effectively: some desiderata’
• Greger Bergvall (Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm): ‘Cold case experiences from inside thefts at the National Library of Sweden’