• Council for the Prevention of Art Theft (COPAT) (see their 'Code of Due Diligence for Dealers'; they also publish(ed?) the Crime & Intelligence Digest) {NB their site - http://www.copat.co.uk - though widely cited, does not work at present. Established in the UK in 1992, are they still operational?}
• International Council of Archives
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (select 'Activities & Services': among the Divisions are those for 'General Research Libraries' and 'Special Libraries'; and among the Sections 'Geography and Map Libraries)
• International Society of the Curators of Early Maps (ISCEM) (the last biennial meeting in Madrid, June 30, 2001, was largely concerned with map theft)

• Libdex: the Library Index (index to 17,800 Libraries, accessible via library name or country index, featuring "library homepages, web-based OPACs...")
• National Libraries of the World: an Address List (IFLA)
• Repositories of Primary Sources ("a listing of over 4900 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar" [May 2002]; accessible via State, Province, Country Index - University of Idaho Library)
• World Directory of Map Collections, 4th Edition, compiled and edited by Olivier Loiseaux on behalf of the Section of Geography and Map Libraries, of the International Federation of Map Libraries (Munich: K G Saur Verlag, 2001). ISBN 3-598-21818-4. [IFLA Publication No. 92/93]
• Karteninstitutionen, Kartenverkäufer - Map Institutions, Map Sellers (a useful collection of gateways and links from Jürg Bühler - Kartensammlung der ETH-Bibliothek)

UNITED KINGDOM

• British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems (BRICMICS) (reports of the twice-yearly meetings are posted to the lismaps discussion list and printed in Cartographiti, the newsletter of the British Cartograhic Society, Map Curators' Group - met at Aberystwyth on 25 April 2002, with the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (International) in a 'Responding to Theft' seminar)
• The British Library's National Preservation Office (issues a series of Leaflets, on subjects including standards, security and crime)
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) (formed in April 2002 through unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and the Library Association - the separate Library Association website continues, but is not being updated - see CILIP's University, College & Research Group)
• Library Association, Rare Books Group (LA, RBG) (now part of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP))
• Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) [formerly: Resource: the [UK] Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries]
• A Directory of UK Map Collections

UNITED STATES

• American Library Association (see under Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL))
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Rare Books & Manuscripts Section (RBMS) (the ACRL is part of the American Library Association (ALA) and has its own Security Committee (select 'Committees') with terms of reference)
• Association of [American] Research Libraries (ARL) (co-organiser of a seminar at the Library of Congress, 30-31 October 2000, 'To Preserve and Protect: The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources')
• Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA) (covering 17 privately-supported research libraries in the US)
• Society of American Archivists (the Security Roundtable met at Washington, D.C. in August 2001 to discuss the issues arising out of the Gilbert Bland map thefts - no report online)
• Special Libraries Association, Geography and Map Division

• Canada: Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives

Codes of Conduct

• 'Standards for Ethical Conduct for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Librarians, with Guidelines for Institutional Practice in Support of the Standards' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries, 2nd edition, 1992)
• 'Theft of books and manuscripts from libraries: an advisory code of conduct for booksellers and librarians' (UK Library Association, 'Professional Issues - Security')
• 'ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums' (International Council of Museums; also in French, Spanish and Swedish)

Deaccessioning (cancel stamps)

• 'Sale of Rare Books and Manuscripts' (UK Library Association, 'Professional Issues - Rare Books and Manuscripts')

Discussion Lists

• [for the various Map lists see Discussion Lists - some of these include theft reports in their archives]
• Archives & Archivists. See their homepage, with access to the Archives
• ExLibris. (You must be a member to post messages but the Archives are accessible - these include theft announcements)
• Museum Security Network Mailing list. See their homepage (must be a member to post messages but the Archives are accessible - these include theft announcements)

• LIBER, Library Security Network
• Library Security Officer Electronic List. Send reports to Susan Allen, Head, Department of Special Collections, UCLA: sallen@library.ucla.edu
• Society of American Archivists. Contact: sfox@archivists.org
• UK security list. Contact: Tom.Moulton@bl.uk

Legal Matters

• 'ACRL Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries, 2001-2002: Appendix II 'Draft of Model Legislation: Theft and Mutilation of Library Materials')

Library Stamps and security devices

• Datatag & Datadot ("a tiny dot type label printed with a unique code that is linked back to the Datatag database for identification" - Healthcare Facilities Consortium (HFC))
• 'Fingerprinting' documents and packaging ('fingerprinting' the microscopic surface imperfections on almost all (e.g.) paper documents could provide a unique signature for a single map sheet - a project led by Russell Cowburn, Imperial College London, described in Nature 28 July 2005, Vol 436)
• 'Guidelines for Marking Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections Materials' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries, Appendix I to 'ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and other Special Collections')
• 'Ownership Marking of Paper-Based Materials' (Library of Congress, October 2006)

Security Guidelines

• 'ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and other Special Collections' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries [ACRL], Rare Books and Manuscripts Section [RBMS], 1999-2006)
• 'ACRL Guidelines on the Selection of General Collection Materials for Transfer to Special Collections' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries, 1999)
• 'ACRL Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries, 2001-2002 - 'Section I. Preventing Library Theft'; 'Section II. Reacting to Library Theft', January 2003)
• '{Draft}: ACRL/SAA Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials' (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College & Research Libraries - a Division of the American Library Association )
• 'Advice and Guidance: Security' (list of the topics covered by Resource: the [UK] Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries)
• Association of [American] Research Libraries (select SP 284 Security in Special Collections' (2004); and SP 247 'Management of Library Security' (1999))
• 'Carrying out a Library Security Survey & Drafting a Security Policy' (the British Library's National Preservation Office, 1992)
• 'A Guide to Security for Conservators' (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), 2001)
• 'Guide to the use of CCTV in Museums, Archives and Libraries' (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA))
• 'Library Security Guidelines' (Library Administration and Management Association [LAMA], June 2001)
• 'Library Security Resources: A Bibliography' (Michael Lorenzen, Librarian II, Michigan State University)
• 'Library Security: what you need to know to use Library of Congress reading rooms' (including comments about video surveillance)
• 'Map Collection Security Guidelines. MAGERT Task Force on Library Security for Cartographic Resources. June 2007' (a 9-page PDF text, including a bibliography, from the Map & Geography Round Table (MAGERT), of the American Library Association)
• Museum-Security.org (a continuing compendium of messages from Jonathan Sazonoff to Museum Network Security)
• Preservation Leaflets (including: Protection from Loss: Water and Fire Damage, Biological Agents, Theft, and Vandalism; and Collections Security: Planning and Prevention for Libraries and Archives - Northeast Document Conservation Center)
• 'The saying and the doing: the literature and reality of theft prevention measures in U.S. Archives - Part 1'; 'The saying and the doing - Part 2: the real world and the future'; Abigail Leab Martin in Library & Archival Security 15:2 (2000), 27-76, 16:1 (2000), 7-46

Theft and Loss from Uk Libraries: a National Survey (largely concerned with UK public libraries - by John Burrows and Diane Cooper; Police Research Group Crime Prevention Unit Series: Paper No. 37 (London: Home Office Police Department, 1992)
Library & Archival Security [Table of Contents since 15:1]
'Library Security Resources: A Bibliography' (Michael Lorenzen, Librarian II, Michigan State University)
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is due to publish the second edition of its security manual later in 2002
Security Management is a monthly journal, published by Asis in the US [there appears to be nothing on the site about map thefts]

Networks

INTERNATIONAL

• International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association (IAMA) (the first international organisation specifically aimed at the antiquarian map trade, this was set up in summer 2002; contact details are available through their site)
• International League of Antiquarian Booksellers/Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne (ILAB/LILA). ("it speaks for twenty nations and 2000 leading booksellers throughout the world" - many national organisations abide by its Code of Ethics)
• Antique Map Dealers (with separate sections for US and International Dealers - Antique Map Price Record)
• See also Map Dealers

UNITED STATES

• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)
• Antique Map Dealers: United States (Antique Map Price Record)

UNITED KINGDOM

• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (International) (ABA) (serving the British Isles but with an international membership - met at Aberystwyth on 25 April 2002, with the British Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems (BRICMICS) in a 'Responding to Theft' seminar)
• British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) (including a membership category for 'Maps')
• Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA)

Codes of Practice

• 'Code of Due Diligence for Dealers' (Council for the Prevention of Art Theft - launched January 2001)
• Code of Ethics (International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association (IAMA))
• Code of Ethics (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers/Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne (ILAB/LILA))
• Code of Ethics (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA))
• 'Code of Good Practice' (Antiquarian Booksellers Association (International) (ABA))
• 'Theft of books and manuscripts from libraries: an advisory code of conduct for booksellers and librarians' (UK Library Association, 'Professional Issues - Security')

Discussion Lists

• See Discussion Lists for details of the international Map Trade list and the UK map and printdealers' list
• map dealers also have their own informal email chains, but these are neither comprehensive nor fully international

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Procedures for Reporting Theft

• 'ACRL Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries' (Association of [American] College and Research Libraries - 'Section I. Preventing Library Theft'; 'Section II. Reacting to Library Theft')
• 'Guide on the Action to be taken in Cases of Theft, Criminal or Accidental Damage (including indemnified material)' (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), 2001)
• Object ID ("an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities" - initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust, now hosted by the Council for the Prevention of Art Theft (CoPAT); perhaps it could form the basis for a specialised map version)

Theft Reports

MAPS (SPECIFICALLY)

There is, as yet, NO such listing, but see Theft News

BOOKS, FINE ART, ANTIQUES, etc

(While the following could include maps, few do so. They are included here primarily to underline the need for a comprehensive, dedicated map theft register)

• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) ('Stolen and Missing Books' database of material taken from dealers; you can search for 'map' in either 'Title' or 'General Description', but neither listing is complete)
• Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) ('This non- profit organization will study issues in art crime, and work as consultants on art protection or recovery issues brought to them by police, governments, museums, places of worship, and other public institutions')
• Art Loss Register ("the world's largest private international database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectibles" - NB cookies must be enabled to access the site)
• Art Theft Reports (Museum Security Network, 1996-2000 only - includes some book thefts but none for maps)
• Find Stolen Art ("developed to assist Police Forces, across the United Kingdom, in the recovery and return of Stolen Antiques and to enable Auction Houses, Collectors and dealers to comply with the code of Due Diligence", run by British Reserve Insurance and Criterion Antiques and Fine Art Loss Adjusters - searching on 'Stolen and Recovered' produced just one, mis-described map [April 2002])
• 'Guide to Databases of Stolen Art' (Tom Flynn of Trace [now Invaluable] 1998 - reproduced on the site of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA))
• Invaluable (a London-based organisation, which, with its Trace subsidiary "has been a leading force in identifying stolen objects" - see 'Guide to Databases of Stolen Art' above)
• Loss Registers and Stolen Art (links from the Association of [UK] Art and Antique Dealers (LAPADA))
• Missing Books and Manuscripts (useful range of international links from Jonathan Sazonoff, posted to the ExLibris list in April 2001, including a large Section 3 'Thefts by Country, and Section 5 'Maps' [links relating to Gilbert Bland])
• Provenanced. Friendly Neighbor Program [as reported to ExLibris, 22 October 2007: 'Provenanced.com announces free listings for owners of stolen rare books/ maps/ documents/manuscripts']
• RBMS 'Security Resources' (missing book lists from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries - see also under 'Theft Reports' below)
• Sheppard's Directories - Book Theft: Information ('a free service but it is part of the Booksearch subscription')
• 'Stolen Books & Manuscripts: "A Search for the World's Most Wanted Art" ' (a small selection of international links, from Jonathan Sazonoff)
• Stolen Works of Art (Interpol - a search on 'map' produced three entries [April 2002])
• Theft Reports (annual theft reports since 1987, from the ACRL/RBMS Security Committee - taken from the "public media and on open listservs, such as Exlibris". Notices to Alvan Bregman: abregman@uiuc.edu)
• traceit4u.com ("a National [UK] Pictorial Database website for the Police to place onto it their identifiable stolen/recovered property held in police stores")

see also under Discussion Lists, for Libraries and Archives and Dealers

Lists of Links

• DMOZ - Open Directory Project
• Google (almost identical to DMOZ)
• Missing Books and Manuscripts (useful range of international links from Jonathan Sazonoff, posted to the ExLibris list in April 2001, including a large Section 3 'Thefts by Country, and Section 5 'Maps' [links relating to Gilbert Bland])
• Museum-Security.org (a continuing compendium of messages from Jonathan Sazonoff to Museum Network Security)
• Yahoo. 'Stolen and Looted Art and Antiquities' (similar list to DMOZ and Google above)

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