[OPLINLIST] New Patron Registration Question

[Marsha Wagner]

It is standard procedure to verify both the patron's identity with a driver's license or state ID if they have one and proof of address. Parent provide proof of address for their children.

Marsha Wagner 
Director 
Canal Fulton Public Library 
154 Market St. NE 
Canal Fulton, OH 44708 
330 854-4148; fax 330 8549520 

"All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." Thomas Carlyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Crawfis [mailto:crawfiju at oplin.org]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 04:43 PM
To: OPLINLIST at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINLIST] New Patron Registration Question

Dear OPLIN List Members:
For the last several years, our library has required that adult patrons furnish proof of current address when they sign up for library cards. (Driver?s licenses, mail, checkbook registers, rental agreements, paycheck stubs, etc., are just a few of the types of documentation that we accept as ?proof of current address.?) Most patrons are okay with it, but there are a few who seem quite miffed when informed of this requirement.
Do any other libraries require this? Would this be considered a standard procedure for new patron registrations? Thanks in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
Justin Crawfis
crawfiju at oplin.org
Interlibrary Loan/Circulation Coordinator
Bluffton Public Library
145 South Main Street
Bluffton, OH 45817
419-358-5016


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