[Publib] Re: Publib Digest, Vol 10, Issue 28

[Lise Chlebanowski]

Wow! We've had cars broken into and valuables stolen and haven't been asked for anything like that. You have a really dedicated police force to go to all that trouble for a keying! 

Lisë Chlebanowski
Library Manager
Avondale Public Library
(623) 478-3105
lchlebanowski at avondale.org
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." 
Groucho Marx

 

-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Betty Murr
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:35 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Re: Publib Digest, Vol 10, Issue 28

At 03:39 PM 1/25/2006, you wrote:
>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:01:11 -0700
>From: "Lise Chlebanowski" <lchlebanowski at avondale.org>
>Subject: [Publib] Patron Confidentiality
>To: <publib at webjunction.org>

We had a similar situation occur last year, but not with computers. The 
police wanted to know who checked out materials doing a specific time 
period, perhaps an hour or so.  We insisted upon a court order.  It was 
approved and we did provide a list of names of people that were associated 
with the library cards used during that time period.  The police were 
happy.  We were abiding by the court order.

In our case, a car on the parking lot had been keyed and the police had a 
short list of suspects.  The use of a specific library card helped them 
determine whether the person had been on the premises at approximately the 
same time.

In your situation, I believe you will need the court order.




St. Charles City-Co Library
Betty Murr, Deputy Director
77 Boone Hills P.O. Box 529
St. Peters, MO 63376
Voice:  636-441-2300 ext. 1561
Fax:  636-441-3132

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