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</head><body style="font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; margin: 16px 16px 4px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div id="GroupWiseSection_1427824300000_kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org_34A482E0159F0000B064FE20A80C1B6E_" class="GroupWiseMessageBody"><div>I'm mostly reacting to this as a patron, rather than as a librarian, but this feels a little strange and invasive to me. I think I would instead find ways of connecting patrons to books that offer an equal footing to opt-in -- book discussion groups or similar.</div><span style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;" id="GWSignatureSent"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; display: inline-block; word-wrap: normal;"><div>
<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Kirsten</font> Brodbeck-Kenney, MLIS</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Library Director</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Driftwood Public Library</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Lincoln City, OR 97367</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="gmail_default"><font face="Arial">I just received a request from a patron who asked to leave a letter in a book she just returned (and which is on hold for another patron). In the letter, she has included her name and phone number and invites the next patron to contact her if they would like to discuss the book further. Any thoughts? Does it feel too much like it violates patron confidentiality? Or am I standing in the way of making a connection through books? </font></div><div style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="gmail_default"><font face="Arial"></font><br></div><div style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="gmail_default"><font face="Arial">Meg </font></div><div style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="gmail_default"><font face="Arial">Siuslaw Public Library </font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: georgia,serif;" class="gmail_default"><br></div>
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