I'm ready to chain them down. With actual chains. - maʀtha

Ancient monasteries FTMFW! - awd (canoeist in th wild)

Goin' old school. - Kirsten

Just put them behind the counter like we did with condoms at the pharmacy when I was a tech. KIDDING--in case that wasn't clear. - kaijsa

Condoms at the ref desk, check. - maʀtha

APA at the pharmacy counter, check. - OMG 404 Joe

I would think that having a style manual on your coffee table would be its own form of birth control. :P - Andy

We do keep ours behind the desk. It got too ridiculous. - Meg V. Meg from fftogo

Ours are behind the desk. I guess we need to lock them up as well. 2 copies of MLA plus a Hacker now gone, in addition to 2 APAs and 2 Chicagos which walked away in the spring. Sad panda. - maʀtha

Andy, if it was on the bedside table, maybe. - kaijsa

Martha, it's funny--ours are on ready ref (open shelves) by the desk and our patrons seem to think they need to ask us before taking them. - kaijsa

Years ago, we used to keep the typeface books behind the reference desk. If we hadn't, gang members looking for Old English typeface to design their jacket decoration would cut up or steal the book. Teenage gang members knew to ask for the book at the desk. One time, two boys, maybe 12 years old, asked for the book, and my first (unspoken) thought was, "Aren't you guys a little young for Old English?" - Betsy #TeamMonique

(No one asks for the book anymore. I guess they get Old English from the internet these days.) - Betsy #TeamMonique

The gangsters where I'm from preferred gothic lowercase. - kaijsa

This conversation has taken a fun detour. - barbara fister

Totally. I love you folks. - maʀtha