LPATRON and privacy

["Doug Guthrie" <doug.guthrie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Our director is concerned about the privacy issues surrounding the use
of the LPATRON field in the item record.  We currently have the check-in
option set to "yes".  I am aware of the enhancement request to allow us
to set an automatic deletion of the information in this field after a
set time period.  Our director would like to know if the use of the
LPATRON field is a common practice among Innovative libraries, that is,
are other libraries setting the check-in option to "yes" and retaining
the patron information in item records?  Thank you.

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Doug Guthrie, Library Information Resources Coordinator
Saint Paul Public Library
90 West Fourth Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Email:  doug.guthrie@xxxxxxxxxx
Fax:  651-266-7060
Phone:  651-266-7078
Voice Mail:  651-266-7095 ext. 7078
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