[Publib] Keeping track of computer users

[Anne Paradise]

Hammond has experimented with various methods.  So far, this seems to be working-
Each department with computers starts each day with a lined, tabulated sheet on a clipboard.  The computer barcode is permanently attached to the clipboard.  The staff member wands the patron's card, assessing if they are in good standing, and "checks out"  a computer to them with the general barcode.  The staff member writes down on the sheet the patron's  name, the start and end times (at the branches we also note A or Y for adult or youth, as youth are on for only 30 minutes.  The Youth department at Main has its own computers).  We are flexible with research projects- noting that the patron is working on one.  We also allow two patrons to work together on a project.  We ask that patrons bring their own headphones..  As the computer is assigned to the patron, we give them a laminated card with the number on it.  When the card is returned, we check off the number on the sheet.  "You must not refuse to lend a book, even to an enemy, for the cause of learning will suffer" Rabbi Yehuda of Regensburg, Germany 1200 C.E. Anne Holcomb Paradise Hammond Public Libraryanneparadise at hotmail.com 
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