....hmmm.....wasn’t there a rash of thefts of rare books/manuscripts from university libraries about 10 years ago.....somr of those things were very,very valuable on the collector’s market.....I would have thought after that, the word would have got around all libraries to tighten up....I know they have a professional librarians organization because they all bitch and refuse to help the FBI on AlQueda investigations.
I was under the impression that rare and valuable books could not be checked out but could only be used in the library.