id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16266 Samuelson, Todd; Sare, Laura; Coker, Catherine Unusual Suspects: The Case of Insider Theft in Research Libraries and Special Collections 2012-11-01 13 .pdf application/pdf 6733 224 45 This climate of disclosure frequently extends to the active pursuit of thieves, including the willingness among libraries to press charges or to publicize the loss in an effort to recover the stolen artifact.1 Libraries have begun to engage in collaboration among themselves and with other groups, such as associations of book dealers, in producing databases and lists that are commonly disseminated online in an ef- fort to lead to the identification of stolen material and to ensure its return.2 Though library theft is being discussed more frequently as a major issue in the discipline, many elements related to theft remain poorly understood. The lack of quan- tifiable detail about library theft extends from information regarding the items that are reported missing (leaving aside the volumes and artifacts that are never discovered or publicized as stolen) to in- formation about other aspects of the theft. cache/crl-16266.pdf txt/crl-16266.txt