Re: addresses on library cards
Pat Holloway (pholloway@ecl.org)
Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:49:47 -0400
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:49:47 -0400
Message-Id: <343CED44.407F@ecl.org>
From: Pat Holloway <pholloway@ecl.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: addresses on library cards
Tom Griest wrote:
>
> > All this said, the talk of one CT library card is more exciting than
> > sliced bread to me.
>
> I have toyed around with the idea of accepting the Connecticut Driver's
> license as a substitute for the library card. That is, you could get a card
> if you wanted one, but could just use your license to identify yourself (well... duh?)
> instead of the library card. The driver's license has a bar code on it which
> I'm pretty sure just about any scanner will read. We use a scanner for our
> library card now so it would just take a rather simple software change to
> recognize that it was a license # and index on that number instead of the
> library card number.
>
> The plan was to make it totally optional so people who are concerned about
> it can opt for the old card. I checked with the DMV and they indicated that
> there was no problem using the card for that purpose.
> Note that any CT resident can get a CT ID card for (I believe) $5.
>
> If there is interest from others in this idea, I might be motivated to bump its
> priority (from idle to low).
>
> -Tom
This is the best news I've heard on the subject - please bump up
priority!!!
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Pat Holloway, Director (860) 885-2760
Eastern Connecticut Libraries Fax (860) 885-2757
Franklin Commons
106 Route 32
Franklin, CT 06254