title: Security planning for the hospital library: protecting your information assets.
abstract: The hospital library has become a multi-service information center with a variety of costly resources. This article presents an overview of two important areas of hospital library security: access control and premises protection. It discusses access control policies, auditing of premises security, and implementing premises security measures.
authors.affiliation: Daniel Carroll Payson Medical Library, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riccardi
mesh_terms: D007992:Libraries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States