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

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Absolutely not. 


Kathryn Green

> On Oct 19, 2017, at 8:57 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> 
> 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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