lost library cards

[Jacqueline Porter <JPORTER@CSD2.SESC.K12.AR.US>]

Dear LM Netters:

We are having a problem with out students losing their library cards
or letting others borrown them to check out books.
We use the Winnebago system and the students social security numbers
for bar code numbers. We love this. It is district wide and the
numbers move up when they move from school to school. Our problem is
students losing cards. When a students loses his card he has to
purchase a new one for $1.00. We are now moving the student into a
patron type called lost card. Each time they check out a book we have
to override it and give permisssion for that person to check out a
book. The record keeping is beginning to get out of hand. Our school
is 7-9 with around 640 students. Does anyone else have an easier way
of making sure when a student loses his or her card that someone else
is not using it. Are we being too cautious?

Any suggestions

Jackie Porter, Media Specialist
Norman Junior High School          "The difference between fiction
301 West Ninth Street               and reality? Fiction has to make
Crossett, Arkansas 71635            sense."          Tom Clancy
jporter@csd2.sesc.k12.ar.us