![]() ![]() ![]() Smiley was another map thief, but degrees worse than Gilbert Bland, because Smiley was a leading expert and dealer whom librarians trusted. Happily, Williamstown seems to have been too remote to draw his attention, but this too was a wake-up call which exposed deficiencies in security.Īnd finally there was E. Bland was a nondescript little man who became the most notorious map thief of the 1990s, striking at libraries all over the eastern United States. The second name that came to mind was Gilbert Bland. We got it back, but the experience was proof, if proof were needed, that researchers should not be allowed to work out of sight of staff, and should not be allowed to keep a bag or briefcase at hand. Gillingham, an English professor at Middlebury College, and when no one was looking, stole the Chapin Library’s copy of the Shakespeare First Folio. The first was Donald Lynch, a shoe salesman who in 1940 posed as Sinclair E. During this process, three names often came to mind. If we wanted to prevent a theft, we had to think like a thief. When we were planning our new library building, Sylvia Brown, then the College Archivist, and I spent a great deal of time thinking about how we might steal things. It is sponsored by the Williams Libraries, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, and the Ronald B. The final Tuesday Tea lecture for 2016 will be presented today, May 3rd, at 4:00 in the Archives/Chapin Instruction Room (Sawyer Library Room 452). ![]()
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