Are any Evergreeners accepting smartphone apps that store card barcodes? (CardStar, Keyring, etc) Or I guess I should ask, WHO is doing this?
To keep this Evergreen related, are you using anything in the staff client to verify patrons are who their phone says they are? We don't like that anyone can type in any card number and have it generate a barcode. There needs to be some identification (photo ID? Ask birthdate?). It just dawned on me that any library with self-checkout must be dealing with this regardless of whether the practice is in the library's policy. Curious what you've come up with to use, besides asking for an ID, in addition to the barcode app. We're dreaming of an Evergreen app that includes something like these "loyalty" apps, but specific to our library.... -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library, Alaska hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov 907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154 (direct)
