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

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I'm guessing that part of the problem is delivery. I never have trouble
with a simple 'I don't know' when asked who has what.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> You were 100% in the right, Christie.  It is not a different situation in
> the school than it is in the public library.
>
> Pam
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> Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 8:57 PM
> To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> Subject: [ISLMA-Share] Privacy of Records in the School Library
>
> 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
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