Eventually libraries will embrace these ideas but I think in some areas it will be a hard fight. Between traditionalistic views and not wanting to change policies a lot won't. Personally, I think it would be great to be able to get a valid card for remote services without having to come into a building.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Bill Erickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Justin Hopkins 📖 < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> To go off on a bit of a tangent (it's related, I promise) there is also >> the issue of Evergreen offering a way to validate users without them being >> physically present at the library. >> >> As more and more of our resources are electronic, it makes sense to have >> a form of electronic patron validation as well. It may be a good solution >> to both of these issues if our self-registration form had the ability to >> use a webcam to take a picture of a person and their ID with valid address. >> > > +1 to this. And if I can convince Amazon to sell me wine, surely there's > a way to validate patrons without requiring them to come to the library. > > -b > > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
