[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] smartphone apps instead of library card

[Rogan Hamby]

My library accepts them so long as the scanner can scan them.  Making staff
type in the number would be cumbersome with our lines.

I know that there have been some customizations libraries have done in the
past to store signatures and photos but our attitude is, we normally just
accept a barcode without much inquiry as to who they are and this isn't
much different.


On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
wrote:

> Are any Evergreeners accepting smartphone apps that store card barcodes?
> (CardStar, Keyring, etc) Or I guess I should ask, WHO is doing this?
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> To keep this Evergreen related, are you using anything in the staff client
> to verify patrons are who their phone says they are? We don’t like that
> anyone can type in any card number and have it generate a barcode. There
> needs to be some identification (photo ID? Ask birthdate?). It just dawned
> on me that any library with self-checkout must be dealing with this
> regardless of whether the practice is in the library’s policy.
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> Curious what you’ve come up with to use, besides asking for an ID, in
> addition to the barcode app. We’re dreaming of an Evergreen app that
> includes something like these “loyalty” apps, but specific to our library….
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> -Holly
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> Holly Brennan
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> Library Technology Specialist
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> Homer Public Library, Alaska
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> hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov
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> 907-235-3180 (main)
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> 907-435-3154 (direct)
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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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me.”
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