Re: Supressing SSN?

[Tom Larsen <larsent at pdx dot edu>]

Yes, we also thought that displaying the borrower's name on a record was 
an invasion of privacy. This happens in all modules, not just in 
cataloging mode.  I complained bitterly about this both at the last 
NWIUG meeting and also to the III help desk.  I was told that III had no 
plans to do anything about this and that if I was really concerned about 
it, I should submit an enhancement request.  I did submit an enhancement 
request last spring; however, it never made it to the final balloting so 
nothing was ever done about it.  On the other hand, though, one of the 
people on the enhancement committee told me that I could put in a 
request to the help desk to have the patron's barcode appear rather than 
the patron's name.  That is not totally unproblematic either, but we 
decided that it was better to have the barcode visible than the name, so 
we had III make this change for us.  We're still not totally happy with 
this, but I guess we can live with it for the time being.

As for the SSN in the patron record, you can restrict who sees patron 
records, but I'm not sure there is any way to restrict which fields 
people can see in patron records.

--
Tom Larsen

Database Management and Catalog Librarian
Branford Price Millar Library
Portland State University
P.O. Box 1151
Portland, OR 97207-1151

phone: 503-725-8179
fax:   503-725-5799

email: larsent at pdx dot edu


Karen Rice wrote:

> During training for Millennium Cataloging last week, we learned that the
> borrower's NAME displays on a record in cataloging mode when that item
> is checked out.  That seemed like an erosion of privacy to some of us. 
>
> Karen Rice
> Western Washington University Libraries
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brennan [mailto:dbrennan at pts dot edu] 
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:29 PM
> To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
> Subject: Supressing SSN?
>
>
> 'Afternoon-
>
> Campus wide looking at who has access to SSNs; III shows SSN in record
> view/edit screen. Any way to supress the SSN field so that workstudy
> desk staff can edit records without seeing it? Nothing obvious in manual
> or system. Alternatively, *any* fields in patron record that can be
> supressed- we could move existing SSNs to another field.
> We do not use SSN as primary ID, but as duplicate check, and as a check
> ID for non-student patrons, of which we have a great many.
>
> Thnx,
>
> David
>
> ============================
> David Brennan, MLS
> Electronic Services Librarian
> Clifford E. Barbour Library
> Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
> 616 N. Highland Ave.
> Pittsburgh, PA 15206
> 412-441-3304 x2256
> 412-362-2329 (FAX)
> dbrennan at pts dot edu
> http://www.barbourlibrary.org
> ============================
> Ignorance must certainly be bliss or 
> there wouldn't be so many people so 
> resolutely pursuing it.
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