Hi, Some of our C/W MARS libraries also scan the license to populate the patron registration fields.
Joan On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM Terran McCanna via Evergreen-general < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Benjamin, > > Many of our libraries use the "Bayscan Imaging 2D Drivers License > Scanner". If you bulk order from Bayscan their sales rep will work with you > to program them to map the fields to Evergreen. I don't know exactly what > the programming looks like, but it relies on tab order, so the cursor has > to begin in the same spot every time, and every time the patron > registration form gets changed all the scanners need to be updated. > > It would be nicer if it could be mapped to field names, but I'm not aware > of a scanner that will do that yet. Once it's set up, it's definitely > faster and reduces a lot of user data entry error, though! > > Terran > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM Murphy, Benjamin via Evergreen-general < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We had a request from an incoming member that I wanted to consult the >> rest of you on. >> >> Have any of you implemented a process that allows you to scan the back of >> driver’s licenses to populate information in library card applications? >> Looks like a barcode scanner has to be able to scan the PDF417 format, and >> I imagine there then needs to be a process to parse and plop that data into >> the proper patron registration form fields? >> >> *Benjamin Murphy* >> >> NC Cardinal Program Manager >> >> State Library of North Carolina >> >> N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources >> 919.814.6797 >> >> [email protected] >> https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal >> >> >> >> *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StateLibraryNC/>* | *Instagram >> <https://www.instagram.com/statelibrarync/>* |* YouTube >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-ClbdzAy9XFi1pJem1FSQ>* | *LinkedIn >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/state-library-of-north-carolina>* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North >> Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an >> authorized state official. >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list -- >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > -- Joan Kranich (she/her/hers) Library Applications Manager, C/W MARS, Inc. ------------------------------ [image: icon] [email protected] | [image: icon]www.cwmars.org [image: icon] 508-755-3323 x 1
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