RE: Questions involving Circ and patron registration

["Peter Caton" <peterc at nils dot lib dot il dot us>]

How do libraries, without "hard copies" of patron registration files,
handle "legal liability?"  One concern we have going completely
"paper-less" is how to hold a patron responsible for paying materials
checked out on his/her card, or one of his/her children's cards.

Peter W. Caton
North Suburban Library
6340 North Second Street
Loves, Park Illinois 61111
(815) 633-4247 ext. 22
(815) 636-5042 (FAX)
peterc at nils dot lib dot il dot us




-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Gyger [mailto:gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:57 PM
To: Peter Caton
Cc: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: Re: Questions involving Circ and patron registration

Peter,

We enter all information at the time of registration, no paper anything.
The customer signs the back of the card at the time of registration
agreeing to our policies and rules.  We got rid of our paper forms years
ago and have never regretted it.

-carol

Carol Gyger
Systems Administrator
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson St.
Fort Collins CO  80524
(970)221-6716
gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Peter Caton wrote:

> I would like to gather some information on how other libraries handle
> patron registration.  Namely, do Libraries still keep a paper copy of
> all patrons' registrations? If not, do libraries employ some sort of
> check and balance system to verify staff members have entered the
patron
> information correctly?
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> Any information you would like to share, would be appreciated.
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> Thanks.
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> Peter W. Caton
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> North Suburban Library
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> 6340 North Second Street
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> Loves, Park Illinois 61111
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> (815) 633-4247 ext. 22
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> (815) 636-5042 (FAX)
>
> peterc at nils dot lib dot il dot us
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