Security System for Collection In Library

摘要

Library as a medium of fulfillment of information needs should be able to provide optimal service to its users. One effort that can be done is to provide the most complete and latest collection so that the users' needs for information is satisfied. However, in the process of information-gathering, users often do actions that belong to vandalism (collection destruction) even in records, some books are missing and do not return to the library. So, one of the things to note related to this problem is the application of security systems in a library. Furthermore, this paper aimed to find out how the implementation of security systems for collections in the library, especially in the library of Yogyakarta city. From the results of the analysis, in general the security system collections implemented by the Yogyakarta City Library already meets the general standards. In particular, six (50%) from twelve components of the security standard are appropriate, one (8.3%) from the 12 components are sufficient and 5 components (41.7%) from the security standard are inappropriate. Appropriate components are buildings, lighting, locks, employee recruitment, security personnel, and collection areas. The sufficient component is the electronic security system. Last, inappropriate components include fences, gates, parking, communications, and identification systems.