[PADG:637] CD security

["Barbara B. Eden" <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,
At Cornell we have a CD/DVD collection that circulates. We have
successfully been using tattle tape.  It does not (or very rarely,
almost negligibly) affect the performance of the CDs/DVDs/CD-ROMs.
Second, the brand and type of tattle-tape depends on the brand/type of
security gates the respective library is using. For instance, we are
using the 3M DCD-2 brand that overlays the whole surface of the disc
(with  the few double-sided DVDs this obviously doesn't work, so we
keep these behind the circulation desk). There is also a type of
tattle-tape that covers only the inside ring of the disc (very
convenient), however our security gate cannot intercept it, so it is
non-applicable for us.

Best,
Barbara

Barbara B. Eden
Director        
IRIS/ Department of Preservation
and Collection Maintenance
Cornell University Library                      
B15 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

email:  beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx                
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