[Michlib-l] Lock Suggestions for Kits

[Jean Fellows]

You kits look *amazing*-- probably why they are so tempting for little
hands!
Our STREAM Kits are part of our Library of Things. Descriptive cards are on
display, but kits are stored in the back room.

We have Backpacks of Learning, and Early Literacy Book Bundles-- but those
are all atop the bookshelves, and largely out of reach.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:32 AM Amelia Chea via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We used to lock our book club bags. I don't know who bought them and where
> they got it from, but I found similar ones on shein here:
> https://us.shein.com/Metal-Mini-Dial-Digits-Code-Lock-Padlock-Suitcase-Combination-Padlock-Safety-Travel-Security-For-Luggage-TSA-Approved-Cable-Luggage-Locks-for-Luggage-Suitcase-Carry-On-Backpack-Laptop-Bag-or-Purse-p-16869591-cat-4289.html?main_attr=27_601&mallCode=1
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:14 AM Amanda Pfister (Roseville Public Library)
> via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Our library has Early Literacy kits and STEM kits available for patrons
>> to check out with some adult kits on the way. We were using zip ties as a
>> means of locking the kits to deter patrons from using them in the library.
>> This was working for the most part but we had an incident the other day
>> where a child opened multiple kits and the library staff had to spend a
>> great deal of time finding the scattered pieces and putting the kits back
>> together in the correct bags.
>>
>> I was wondering if any other libraries have found a good way to have
>> their kits displayed but still keeping them locked so patrons cannot use
>> them until after checking them out. Our literacy kits are in clear plastic
>> bags and our STEM kits are in clear plastic Sterilite boxes. I've attached
>> pictures of each kit so you can see what we were doing.
>>
>> We don't have the space to keep them behind the counters and
>> unfortunately with our youth desk being unmanned most of the time, we are
>> worried that this may happen more often.
>>
>> If anyone has any suggestions, please pass them along.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Amanda Pfister
>> Youth Services Librarian
>> Roseville Public Library
>> (586) 447-4553
>>
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> Adult Services Librarian
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-- 
Jean Fellows
(she/hers)
Programming Coordinator
Grand Ledge Area District Library
131 E. Jefferson St.,
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
517-627-7014

*The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral,
traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires
Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the
1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central
Michigan University
Library:https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.
<https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.>*
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