[Michlib-l] Transitioning individuals and library accounts

[Laura Hauch - Buchanan District Library]

Apologies if this posts twice. I think I had the wrong address the first time.

We had been putting nicknames and preferred names in parentheses or as notes on the patron’s account. We use Biblionix Apollo and I contacted support to suggest adding a place for this, and they said it’s already there, it just needs to be enabled! So anyone using Biblionix Apollo, contact support at biblionix.com<mailto:support at biblionix.com> to enable this feature if you’d like.

Laura Hauch
Collection and IT Coordinator
Buchanan District Library
128 East Front Street
Buchanan, MI 49107
269-695-3681
269-695-0004 Fax
www.buchananlibrary.org<http://www.buchananlibrary.org>



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Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 9:51 AM
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Subject: [Michlib-l] Transitioning individuals and library accounts

Hello Everyone,
We are seeing more and more transitioning adults and teens in the library whose legal names are not their preferred names (and their legal names may not match their gender anymore). How is everyone handling this issue? Specifically with the information on their library accounts because I believe we have to put their legal name on their account. Are you putting their preferred names in their account somewhere?

In a related question: Does anyone put nicknames on patron's accounts? For example, a patron's legal name is Robert James Smith but goes by James. Do you have some note somewhere with James as a preferred name?
Any information on how you are handling this would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Janelle

Janelle (Martin) Bishop
Head of Fiction
Marguerite deAngeli Library
Lapeer District Library
921 W. Nepessing St.
Lapeer, MI 48446
jmartin at lib.lapeer.org<mailto:jmartin at lib.lapeer.org>
810-664-6971 ext 3218


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