![]() Future bookshelves will not be wholly virtual, and libraries will thrive although in a variety of new social, cultural, and architectural forms. Such forecasts miss the mark, argue Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles. With textbook readers and digital downloads proliferating, it is easy to imagine a time when printed books will vanish. The January 2002 inventory resulted in meeting our goal of zero missing books and videocassettes. Through regularly scheduling inventories, monitoring items, advertising, and using specific security measures, we have successfully controlled the library theft. We corrected the situation through a series of steps that we believe will help other libraries control their theft. When the library staff did an inventory, $10,000 worth of materials were found to be missing. The hospital had experienced a downsizing of staff, a reorganization, and a merger. These materials were listed in the catalog but were missing when staff went to the shelves. ![]() At Capital Health System/Fuld Campus (formerly Helene Fuld Medical Center), the Health Sciences Library lost many books and videocassettes.
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