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Does anyone know a better way to demagnetize (yes, DEmagnetize) the security strips in books, and thereby reactivate them? It's such a massive waste of time, the way we do it now! One book at a time, THUNK!, THUNK!, THUNK! There must be a better way. I've tried to conduct whatever magnetic field is generated by the thunker with wire and a slinky, with no success. I honestly don't see how you can demagnetize something in the first place, so I'm about outta ideas. Anyone have any experience in this area? Any clues?
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Unfortunately, almost all the Libraries that I've seen have demagnetizers that disable the security strip one book at a time. I have a feeling that this is something that you might have to get used to.
Other than that, how is the job?
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We don't have them here, though. Our security system consists of eagle-eyed ladies and one (1) rabid Children's Librarian.
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Bear in mind that Omega is not talking about disabling the security strips. He's talking about activating them before they go back on the shelf: setting them to make the alarm go off. And, yes, that consists of demagnetizing them. It seems backward, but it's true.
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Isn't a matter of when it's magnetised, all the atoms/charges point in the same direction, and when it is de-magnetised, the atoms/charges are scrambled?
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