[ISLMA-Share] Privacy of Records in the School Library

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You are 100% right. Patron privacy is protected by law. I liked how you handled it.

…and no, I do not give out that information.

Thanks,
Alan Holtz, LMC Director for Brooks Middle School

Did you know that the word “research” appears 80 different times in the Common Core Standards?

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I've worked in public libraries for many years and am very committed to the privacy of patron checkout records. Yesterday a teacher was looking for a book, and my assistant told her it was checked out. The teacher asked who had it. My assistant replied in a friendly manner that that info was private. The teacher was aghast, and said that it had never been that way at the school. I tried to deflect the situation by telling her I'd put a hold on it and she would have it very soon. I also told her I could get it from the public library if she needed it immediately. She really didn't need it but couldn't stop expressing her dismay at the "private records."

I'm very curious. Do you all give out that information to teachers?

Thanks very much.

Christie Chandler-Stahl
Library Media Specialist
WInkelman Elementary School
1919 Landwehr Rd
Glenview, Illinois 60026


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