Books ‘Bugged’
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 17. Library books in Britain are being “bugged” so that they cannot be stolen. Valuable reference library volumes have been fitted with metal strips, and when a book is issued normally from a librarian’s desk this is “desensitised.” But if anyone tries to take away a book without authority the metal strip sets off a Hashing light or buzzer as the thief passes through a checkpoint.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31865, 18 December 1968, Page 19
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