We bought a BayScan brand scanner and the tech there did all the coding for us through the barcode scanner. He's been great to work with. He just sends me a file with a bunch of QR codes that I scan in order and then it works.
I have to say it hasn't been as game changing for us as I hoped as many patrons don't have their current address on their ID. ~Millissa Millissa Macomber Technical Services & Consortium Manager Central Skagit Library District 110 W. State St., Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 360-755-3985 ext.103 | [email protected] ________________________________ From: Bill Ott via Evergreen-general <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 6:21 AM To: Cori Hundley <[email protected]> Cc: Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected]>; Murphy, Benjamin <[email protected]>; Bill Ott <[email protected]> Subject: [Evergreen-general] Re: [External] Re: Scan the back of driver’s licenses to populate information? The following was from our 3.7 instance, created in 2021. Hopefully it at least gives you the concept of how we were parsing and populating. -- Bill Ott On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM Cori Hundley <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Bill, If you wouldn't mind sharing your code diff, that would be appreciated! A few of my libraries are interested in implementing this, so even though it no longer works for you (and you're a different state), it might be a good starting point for me to get it working on our end. Thanks! Cori ________________________________ From: Murphy, Benjamin via Evergreen-general <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 12:44 PM To: Bill Ott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Murphy, Benjamin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [Evergreen-general] Re: [External] Re: Scan the back of driver’s licenses to populate information? I hadn't thought about the possibility that different states could use different encoding. Benjamin Murphy NC Cardinal Program Manager State Library of North Carolina N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources 919.814.6797 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/StateLibraryNC/> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/statelibrarync/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-ClbdzAy9XFi1pJem1FSQ> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/state-library-of-north-carolina> ________________________________ From: Bill Ott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 11:05 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Murphy, Benjamin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [External] Re: [Evergreen-general] Scan the back of driver’s licenses to populate information? You don't often get email from [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Report suspicious emails with the Report Message button located on your Outlook menu bar on the Home tab. We wrote a bit to do this years ago. It was simply a couple edits to t_edit.tt2 and regctl.js. I've got the code diff's if anyone is interested. We had it working for Michigan IDs, but I believe the state changed some encoding at some point and broke the field population. We've since abandoned it. -- Bill Ott On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM Murphy, Benjamin via Evergreen-general <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We had a request from an incoming member that I wanted to consult the rest of you on. Have any of you implemented a process that allows you to scan the back of driver’s licenses to populate information in library card applications? Looks like a barcode scanner has to be able to scan the PDF417 format, and I imagine there then needs to be a process to parse and plop that data into the proper patron registration form fields? Benjamin Murphy NC Cardinal Program Manager State Library of North Carolina N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources 919.814.6797 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/StateLibraryNC/> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/statelibrarync/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-ClbdzAy9XFi1pJem1FSQ> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/state-library-of-north-carolina> ________________________________ Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. _______________________________________________ Evergreen-general mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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