Re: addresses on library cards

Carol A. Kubala (carol.kubala@snet.net)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:42:35 -0400

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:42:35 -0400
Message-Id: <3435BCF0.325C@snet.net>
From: "Carol A. Kubala" <carol.kubala@snet.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: addresses on library cards

bleiweis@newington.lib.ct.us wrote:
> 
> Our library is finally running out of library cards and ready to join many of
> you with practical, plastic cards.  Staff has some questions:
> 
> If your library card no longer has an address, do you miss it?
> 
> If you only have a signature of the patron that is illegible, is that a problem?
> 
> Has anyone gone to the keychain idea like Stop & Shop?  Does that work well?
> 
> Thanks for any other information you can provide.
> 
> Maxine Bleiweis
> Lucy Robbins Welles Library
> 95 Cedar Street
> Newington, CT 06111
> 860-665-8730
> bleiweis@newington.lib.ct.us

This subject is timely for us as we just discussed it the other day. I
really like the idea of the Stop & Shop type keychain cards, and/or the
plastic ones. I personally would have no problem with the lack of an
address but thought our cards needed this to comply with C-car rules. So
what do others think about this?

Carol Kubala
Saxton B. Little 
Columbia
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