[Genealib] locking up the microform reader/printer lenses

[Susan Scouras]

We have had them for several years also, and have never had a theft or
even considered someone might steal one.  No one else arouind here has
Minolta reader/printers anyway--other state agencies, law and accounting
firms, etc., bring their film here to use ours.  We do not have extra
lenses to leave out, but the lenses are often exchanged between machines
as different magnifications are needed, and often the lens from the
least used machine is not replaced immediately and is left on the table
for as much as a day.  The single machine for staff use is behind a desk
where the extra lens is not readily accessible, so we don't even put it
in a drawer, just leave it by the machine.
 
 
Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Elaine
Hayes
	Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:47 PM
	To: genealib at lists.acomp.usf.edu
	Subject: [Genealib] locking up the microform reader/printer
lenses
	
	
	We have a new Minolta 6000 microfilm/microform reader/printer
with 2 lenses of different magnifications.  I know that these lenses are
expensive and we are debating wether or not to lock them up in a drawer
or something.  Now, I don't like to lock things up because then they can
only be used with staff help but I also don't want to lose them.  Has
anyone ever lost one of these lenses to theft?  
	Thanks,
	Elaine Hayes
	 
	Elaine Jones Hayes
	Special Collections Librarian - Family & Local History
	Assistant Manager - Reference Services
	Laramie County Library System
	2800 Central Avenue
	Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
	ehayes at lclsonline.org
	307-634-3561 x132
	
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