Library security management among state universities and colleges in Panay: Basis for a library security management plan

Abstract

Every library must have a well-planned security management to secure and protect all library resources as well as the people. Thus, this study was conducted in order to determine the library security management among State Universities and Colleges in Panay. A researcher made questionnaire was used to gather the needed data. The descriptive research design was used with a one-shot survey to collect the pertinent data. Respondents were licensed head librarians of thirty-seven (37) campuses of State Universities and Colleges in Panay. Statistical tools used were frequency count, percentage, and mean. The data revealed that majority of SUCs’ libraries were managed by one licensed librarian. Furthermore, budget allocation for books and subscriptions had the highest allotted amount. Challenges/threats to print resources were categorized as loss, damage, vandalism and delinquent borrowers. Results also showed that textbooks had the most cases of loss, vandalism, and delinquent borrowers. On the contrary, there are no serious threats to non-print resources. Moreover, there is no major threat to the safety of the library's physical resources. Physical resources among SUC Libraries in Panay have been harmed as a result of fire, water, and insect damage. Lastly, the most common security systems available among SUC’s in Panay were CCTV cameras. Most of them have barcodes and air condition units as equipment. Also, there are available manual security procedures at SUCs' libraries in Panay. All ten manual security procedures are completely available at SUCs' libraries in Panay. Keywords: Security Management Plan, Vandalism, Loss, Delinquent borrowers, Damage, Print Resources, Non-Print Resources, Physical Resources, Budget Allocations.