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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Hi everyone,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">My library branch is testing a model of having fewer fixed computer stations and adding laptops for in-branch use to help with demand surges and social distancing, which leads to the
question of how to manage them so there’s some chance they’ll be returned or there’s a record of who has what, especially if staff changes throughout the day? So, I’m looking for feedback from all of you with in-branch use laptops, what’s your process for
managing and securing them? Do you have patrons fill out a user agreement? Do you take their driver’s license/ID as collateral? If the person doesn’t have driver’s license or ID, is there an alternative thing that you collect? Or do you require a library
card and check it out like a regular library item but for a shorter time period, such as a few hours? Also, do you allow minors, specifically unaccompanied minors, to use in-branch laptops?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">A few things to note: we don’t use RFID or other security tags on our library items, we do use CASSIE by Librarica for all our public computers, these laptops included. We’ve recently
moved back into a renovated and expanded building, so there are more spaces that aren’t in staff’s direct line of sight.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thanks in advance for your help!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Erica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Erica Grimm</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Brooklyn Branch Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">207 N Main St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Brooklyn, MI 49230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">O: 517-905-1362<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Napoleon Branch Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jackson District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">6755 Brooklyn Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Napoleon, MI 49261<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">517-536-4266<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:grimmel@myjdl.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">grimmel@myjdl.com</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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