<div>This is one area that has been difficult for people in many public libraries, how to maintain confidentiality yet free up some staff time when dealing with holds and making it easy for patrons to get holds and use self-check out systems.</div>
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<div>This subject is frequently discussed on PUBLIB. If you do a Google search using this string, "holds publib site:<a href="http://lists.webjunction.org">lists.webjunction.org</a>" , you will find some of the discussion of these issues.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Kirby Jane S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jane.s.kirby@state.or.us">jane.s.kirby@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">While I appreciate the privacy concerns regarding email notification of reserves, I think the greater risk to patron confidentiality is the open display of the actual reserved items.<br>
<br>At the public library that I use most frequently, "Reserved materials" are shelved on open bookshelves. Patrons help themselves to their reserves. Although books are turned sideways, somewhat shielding their content, each bundle has the patron's name attached.<br>
<br>How do other libraries balance customer convenience, staff efficiency, and confidentiality? Thanks for your insights on this question.<br><br>Jane Kirby, MLS<br>Librarian<br>Oregon OSHA Resource Center<br>350 Winter St. NE<br>
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