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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi, Amanda, I am the new librarian at the Denver Art Museum. Until two years ago, there were only department collections in the curator's offices. There has been a retired volunteer librarian who has staffed the library part-time since it was centralized. At that time, curators were given keys to the library. It seems to work well - we are only open to the public by appointment. Libraries will always have loss - I was a medical librarian for 18 years and we had keypad access to the hospital library - each doctor had his/her own code, but we still had missing books, etc. If you have the money there is a good keypad system for under $1,000. Nancy Simon, Director Denver Art Museum Library 303-640-1613 (v) 303-640-5627 (f) [log in to unmask] You wrote: > >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I am the Librarian at a one-person library at the Museum of >Contemporary Art, Chicago. The Library is open to users only when I, >or the Photo Archivist who shares the library space, are here in the >building. Several museum staff members have inquired about use of the >Library when no library staff is available. This requires that >security let them in to use the Library unattended. Does anyone have >any suggestions for how this kind of situation has been handled at >similar institutions? Thank you. > >Amanda M. Kaiser >Librarian >Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago >