[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Self-Registration and Immediate Access to Services

[Rogan Hamby]

Eventually libraries will embrace these ideas but I think in some areas it
will be a hard fight.  Between traditionalistic views and not wanting to
change policies a lot won't.  Personally, I think it would be great to be
able to get a valid card for remote services without having to come into a
building.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Justin Hopkins 📖 <
> justin at mobiusconsortium.org> wrote:
>
>> To go off on a bit of a tangent (it's related, I promise) there is also
>> the issue of Evergreen offering a way to validate users without them being
>> physically present at the library.
>>
>> As more and more of our resources are electronic, it makes sense to have
>> a form of electronic patron validation as well. It may be a good solution
>> to both of these issues if our self-registration form had the ability to
>> use a webcam to take a picture of a person and their ID with valid address.
>>
>
> +1 to this.  And if I can convince Amazon to sell me wine, surely there's
> a way to validate patrons without requiring them to come to the library.
>
> -b
>
>


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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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