RE: Social Security Numbers vs Student ID numbers

["Riesner, Giles" <griesner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Our College uses Banner as our admin system and an ID card system from
General Meters. By law, as of about last July we are NOT PERMITTED to
print an SSN on a College ID card, so when our ID card system was set up,
it was configured to generate its own 9-digit numbers. We don't use the
internal Banner number -- someone at the College had some concerns about
that.

We load the SSN number in as College ID (u) and both the SSN and
ID card numbers in as barcode numbers (b), with the ID card one always
coming FIRST (when there is one) -- this way IT rather than the SSN is
the one that displays on the screen in Millennium. I'm pretty certain that
we do our matching on College ID.

We NEED to keep the SSN as the College still uses it as their key to
locating records in Banner; so, we have to have it in case we need to
check registration there.

Hope this helps.

Giles W. Riesner, Jr.,   Technology Support Specialist
Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville Library  
800 S. Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21228  USA
Voice mail: 1-410-455-4245
Email: griesner@xxxxxxxxxx OR griesner@xxxxxxxxxx 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cherie Van Horsen [mailto:chvanhor@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:21 PM
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Social Security Numbers vs Student ID numbers
> 
> 
> This is a question for academic libraries. Do you  use a student
> identification number rather than a social security number?
> 
> We use Datatel and Innnovative. Right now our student records 
> come over
> with the social security number as the university ID number. We are
> wondering if we can switch to the Datatel ID number as the 
> university ID
> number. We have had numerous requests from patrons in light of all of
> the identity thefts which have been publicized.
> 
> Any one have any experience they can share?
> 
> Cherie Van Horsen
> Lead Library Specialist/Circulation
> Cabrillo College Library
> Aptos, California
> 
> 
> 
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