We require our patrons to check in with their library cards to use the computers, just to ensure their accounts are current. It also allows us to check minors to make sure they have parental permission for internet use.
We do allow guests to use the computers if they are just visiting and don't want to get a (free) library card. We then ask for ID just to have a name to count as a technology user (we keep track of how many people and how many minutes of computer use we provide). By getting a name, we can also check to make sure they are not in our system with a billed book or overdue item & just trying to slip in under the radar. Judith M. Bergeron Smithville Public Library 507 Main Street Smithville, TX 78957 TEL: 512/237-3282 ext. 2424 CELL: 512-848-5377 FAX: 512/237-4549 email: [email protected] website: www.smithvillepubliclibrary.org ________________________________ From: Waynette Ditto <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 12:06:27 PM Subject: [ctls-l] Computer sign in question I am wondering how many libraries have policies that require their patrons to have a library card to use the computer? If not, do you just require a sign in sheet or how to do service out-of-town patrons that are just stopping by to use the computer? Currently, Hewitt Public Library does not require a library card to use the computers. N. Waynette Ditto, Library Director Hewitt Public Library 254-666-2442 Fax 254-666-6025 www.cityofhewitt.com/hpl ________________________________
