Privacy concerns are important, but many people really want the system
to be able to maintain their borrowing history. We'd like to see all
patrons be able to opt into borrowing history, with flexible controls
for sharing that information.
Some homebound people can access the catalog, place their own holds,
etc., and really just need delivery service from the library, while
others want and need a more comprehensive service that includes
selecting titles for them. For that level of service, I think they need
to opt into having their borrowing history tracked and being used
appropriately by staff. (Especially if the alternative is having staff
track borrowing in some less-efficient manner, which is what many people
are doing now.)
On 5/31/2011 12:42 PM, Georgette Rogers wrote:
I understand about privacy, but isn't homebound different. Since they cant get
to the computers or request the books, we have to have some way to keep track,
and we select the books for them.
Georgette Rogers
Circulation Supervisor
Liberty Lake Municipal Library
23123 E Mission Ave
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-435-0778
1-866-729-8507
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PINES libraries purposefully did not want a history of the items a
specific patron has checked out retained as a means to protect the privacy
of their library records.
Elaine
J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
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but also containing a history of the items a patron has read
