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It reflects well on the open amiable level of discourse on this list that I had forgotten that lists can have owners and owners can have employers. I have no further comment to make on this other than that I was surprised and appalled that confidential verbal statements made by myself to a supervisor were repeated both in writing and out of context on a public forum before I was contacted, in an apparent attempt to disparage. The 'sealed bag not reopened until I reached the BL' wasn't mentioned. Moreover the posting was the first evidence I have had that anything had been written down at all by the BL Security other than my name, my telephone number and Reader's Pass number and was the first time I had been contacted by them. Mercifully the matter wasn't sub judice, but who knows? This certainly wasn't the appropriate forum for it. On a happier note, I should say that the list was most appropriate for my initial posting. Helpful responses from other members of the list have enabled me to largely extricate myself from the hole I had so conspicuously dug for myself (albeit with the assistance of person or persons unknown!). Once again, thank you to all those who contacted me. Your assistance was invaluable! Regards John A W Lock ----- Original Message ----- From: Campbell, Tony <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Ac. Uk (E-mail) <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:57 PM Subject: British Library cloakroom > > On 7 November, Mr John Lock posted a message to lismaps regarding the > theft of a CD containing the O.S. 6-inch maps of Huntingdonshire. Mr > Lock stated that the CD was stolen from the British Library cloakroom > on the afternoon of 4/11/00 and that "despite the room having CCTV + > videotape the BL security people were less than helpful and claim that > nothing could be seen". As the Library's Head of Security, I have > looked into this incident and would be grateful if I could briefly put > the Library's point of view. > > Mr Lock approached one of our Security Team Managers on the afternoon > of 4 November to report the disappearance of the CD from his bag which > had been hanging in our reader locker room. He was received with > sympathy and the Manager concerned offered to check the videotapes. > However, Mr Lock gave the impression that he did not think this would > be worthwhile. Mr Lock stated that the last time he had actually seen > the CD was the previous day. I would add that we have subsequently > checked the tapes and there is no evidence of any theft. > > Perhaps some misunderstandings arose out of the conversation between Mr > > Lock and our security manager. However, I can assure him, and any other > > researchers who use the British Library's facilities, that we do > investigate any crime committed on our premises and that we aim to > provide as secure a working environment as possible. Of course, readers > > and visitors can help by making sure that valuable personal possessions > > are kept securely. > > Tom Moulton > Head of Security > The British Library > [log in to unmask] > > [posted by [log in to unmask]] > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%