[Publib] Re: Need your library card?

[Andy Barnett]

I am slightly puzzled by the insistence on using a library card. We 
certainly prefer them, but anyone can walk in with a stolen library card 
and check out lots of things using our self check. Short of requiring a 
PIN, there is little we could do to stop that.

It is only when they present ID to a staff person that we know who is 
actually checking out material.

We prefer that everyone use the self check (only 15% don't), but we would 
never refuse to provide service to someone who could identify themselves. 
Kids without ID or people who can't be bothered to carry it are another 
case. They can't get service anywhere.

Andy Barnett, Asst. Director				www.mcmillanlibrary.org
McMillan Memorial Library
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Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494				715-423-2665 (fax)
	
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