A Dangerous Occupation? Violence in Public Libraries.

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Autor principal: Farrugia, Sarah
Formato: Recurso educativo Open Access
Lenguaje:en
Publicado: 2002
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author Farrugia, Sarah
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Farrugia, Sarah
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contents A Dangerous Occupation? Violence in Public Libraries. Farrugia, Sarah Public Libraries Risk Management Security (Psychology) Training Vandalism Violence Outlines the problem of violence in U.S. and British public libraries, including groups incidents, drunks, unruly youths, and irate patrons. Library staff face managerial apathy and reluctance to tackle. Discusses the reasons for violence, suggests measures to reduce threats and deal with incidents, risk assessment, security measures and staff training. Discusses the 2001 survey of library workers view of violence in libraries and compares with the 1995 McGrath survey. (LRW)
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spellingShingle A Dangerous Occupation? Violence in Public Libraries.
Farrugia, Sarah
Public Libraries
Risk Management
Security (Psychology)
Training
Vandalism
Violence
A Dangerous Occupation? Violence in Public Libraries. Farrugia, Sarah Public Libraries Risk Management Security (Psychology) Training Vandalism Violence Outlines the problem of violence in U.S. and British public libraries, including groups incidents, drunks, unruly youths, and irate patrons. Library staff face managerial apathy and reluctance to tackle. Discusses the reasons for violence, suggests measures to reduce threats and deal with incidents, risk assessment, security measures and staff training. Discusses the 2001 survey of library workers view of violence in libraries and compares with the 1995 McGrath survey. (LRW)
title A Dangerous Occupation? Violence in Public Libraries.
topic Public Libraries
Risk Management
Security (Psychology)
Training
Vandalism
Violence
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ675028