<div dir="ltr">What Grace Galvan describes is exactly what we do. It's a very useful service and this process seems to work quite well.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 9:40 AM Grace Galvan via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>One library I worked at made them into in-house use kits. It was a small zippered bag with a barcode on it. Then the patron would check it out for it to be used in house only. We would tell the patron, it's for in house use only. The kits would come with the bag, a charging block and a cord.</p>
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<p>I've seen other libraries laminate barcodes to attach to the cord with a zip tie. Then the patron could give us their ID or card for us to hold until they return it. We would explain it was in house use only and they get their ID back when they returned the cord and block. </p>
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