Hi all, I've been researching libraries that worked with their local school districts to give every enrolled kid a library card, and I have some questions for libraries that have done this: -Are the kids' cards online-only (so they can only use Libby/Hoopla/etc), or do they allow physical items to be checked out? -If they allow physical checkouts, are those different than the number allowed on your traditional library cards? -If they allow physical checkouts, how do you handle parents saying they didn't agree to pay for lost items? -Do you have more lost items than you did before starting the program? If so, how much more? -If a child already has a library card with lost item fees (so their account is blocked), do they get a new library card when they start school? Is their original account cleared? Or does nothing change? -If all the kids' cards have the same PIN, do you have security issues with kids trying to use each other's IDs? -Is there anything you changed after starting the program, or anything you wished you had known before starting it? Thanks for any information! Katrina Rogers Pronouns: she/her Library Director Crawford County Library Devereaux Memorial Library 201 Plum Street[http://www.crawfordco.lib.mi.us/dnn/portals/0/devsm.jpg] Grayling, Michigan 49738 Phone: 989-348-9214 ext 202 Fax: 989-348-9294 [cid:83ed3fc6-c234-4c00-8ce8-7c36f92dd63c]
