Hi Keith,
Some of our libraries have worked with schools to register students. Some
visit the school. C/W MARS has a policy and procedure to first search for
the patron in Evergreen to be sure a patron record does not already exist.
We do not do patron record loads except for our academic
Since we're not issuing physical cards, there isn't a problem with lost
cards, which is nice. Also, we're using a custom version of the Hemlock app
for Evergreen and that allows the library card number / barcode to display
for those kids that have mobile devices. Most of the big vendors our
Question to other libraries and consortium heads out there - how do you handle
libraries that want to partner with schools to issue student cards to all
existing students en masse? In particular:
* Do you just live with the fact that this will almost certainly result in
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