I was the president of the Libray Board in my community for seven years and that figure (68%) is almost exactly the same as ours. I don’t see any reason to doubt it.
Do you not seperate your cards into childrens and adults?
How do you stop children taking out ‘naughty’ books?
Many libraries do not put limits on children’s cards. The parents are required to monitor all material checked out (and subsequently are responsible for all fines accrued).
This is great fun when it involves the child of divorced parents who aren’t on speaking terms. :rolleyes:
I always find it strange when someone says they don’t go to the library–most of the people I know do. (OK, I’m a librarian, but I see my friends and neighbors in there all the time.)
How do you define ‘naughty’ books? It’s not like most libraries have copies of porn magazines on the shelf.
Most children have to have a parent who is responsible for the child’s fines. In my brother’s small town in Michigan, the library wouldn’t tell him what his daughter had checked out until he put her on the phone. She’s 9. I have no idea how they could tell it was her on the phone and not my brother.
Library card registrations should go up because people need them for the free Internet access.
And although it’s easier for a family to have one card, sometimes everyone in the family will have a card to get around loan limits on things like DVDs.
In Chicago the card expires 2 years when you sign up for it. So if I got a card on December 1, 2008 it would not be good on December 2, 2010.
It doesn’t have the experation date on the card but if you look at your card online (to see your holds and books you’ve checked out, it says “date of expiration” on the account.
After it expires you can’t do anything like renew or check out or place holds. When you go to renew you have to produce something that says you still live in Chicago, like a driver’s license or state ID