[Michlib-l] browsing history and the "library record"

[WAY Carol DeBoer]

Are they looking at it in a web based online account? I have to go to our online library catalog to look at my reading history. That reading history is NOT found in my library record in Sierra. So I would say no it is NOT part of their library record.

Carol DeBoer 
Circulation Supervisor 
Henika District Library 
149 S. Main 
Wayland, MI  49348 
269-792-2891

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From: "Kristy Zeluff" <kzeluff at vicksburglibrary.org> 
To: <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org> 
Sent: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:23:11 -0500 
Subject: [Michlib-l] browsing history and the "library record"

> Is the browsing history of a patron on a public computer considered part of their “library record”? It seems to me, the way the law is worded, that it IS.
>  
> And if a minor patron is observed (by a staff member) engaging in risky (and library rule-breaking) online behavior, can parents be contacted? This minor patron does NOT have a signed Release of Minor Child’s Library Record on file.
>  
> All of our computers are filtered, so we do not require a signed release form for minor patrons to use the computers.
>  
> Thanks in advance for clarification.
>  
> Kristy Zeluff, Children's Librarian
> Vicksburg District Library
> 269-649-1648
> kzeluff at vicksburglibrary.org
>  
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