[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Homebound?

[Elizabeth B. Thomsen]

Privacy concerns are important, but many people really want the system 
to be able to maintain their borrowing history.  We'd like to see all 
patrons be able to opt into borrowing history, with flexible controls 
for sharing that information.

Some homebound people can access the catalog, place their own holds, 
etc., and really just need delivery service from the library, while 
others want and need a more comprehensive service that includes 
selecting titles for them.  For that level of service, I think they need 
to opt into having their borrowing history tracked and being used 
appropriately by staff.  (Especially if the alternative is having staff 
track borrowing in some less-efficient manner, which is what many people 
are doing now.)

On 5/31/2011 12:42 PM, Georgette Rogers wrote:
> I understand about privacy, but isn't homebound different.  Since they cant get to the computers or request the books, we have to have some way to keep track, and we select the books for them.
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> Georgette Rogers
> Circulation Supervisor
> Liberty Lake Municipal Library
> 23123 E  Mission Ave
> Liberty Lake, WA 99019
> 509-435-0778
> 1-866-729-8507
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> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Hardy, Elaine [ehardy at georgialibraries.org]
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> PINES libraries purposefully did not want a history of the items a
> specific patron has checked out retained as a means to protect the privacy
> of their library records.
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>
> Elaine
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> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service,
> A Unit of the University System of Georgia
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
> 404.235-7128
> 404.235-7201, fax
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> Garry Collum
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> but also containing a history of the items a patron has read