The apparent theft of 30,000 volumes from the Paris Libary is making waves in France, and has sparked discussion of the proper way to balance security and accessibility in the nation’s most important archival institution. “‘To turn the library into a locked safe would be easy, but it is not our vocation,’ [the French daily Le Figaro] quoted Agnès Saal, the library’s director-general, as saying. ‘Unlike museums, our documents are there to be consulted.'”