I hope Dr. Todaro won't mind if I share her answer below to Blanco's question, which appeared on 3 lists. ;-)
Happy Halloween, everyone! Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-583-0704 x18 800-252-4431 x18 ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Todaro Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:56 PM To: Small Library Management Training Program Subject: Re: [slm] Patron mailing list MANY groups query all those signing up for their services re: "can we share your contact information and/or email with others?" In the absence of that query to date, you might want to think twice and NOT give the friends your mailing list and now begin the process of asking returning and new people from now on...whether or not they mind if you share their name...if you do this, I would ask them if you could share their name ONLY with other library-related groups and then give them a "such as"...library friends, library foundation, etc. --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Blanco Library <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Blanco Library <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [slm] Patron mailing list To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:07 PM Can anyone direct me to a legal or ethical mandate which would preclude allowing the Friends group to use our patron mailing list for a membership drive? Clearly we cannot share any patron info re use of library, books read, websites visited, etc. I'm talking simply about names and addresses of adult patrons. Thanks! Lynne Loeffler Blanco Library _______________________________________________ slm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/slm
