Libraries Attract More Than Readers: Investing in Library Safety

Abstract

It's 9 p.m. and Susan, an experienced librarian, escorts the last patron, Mrs. Wilson, to the exit. Susan locks the door behind her and is left inside alone. Before gathering her personal things to leave, Susan decides to make one last trip through the facility to pick-up the forgotten few books and periodicals left behind by hasty readers, when she is startled to find a man--asleep--between two bookshelves in the farthest corner of the building.