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All
library records are strictly confidential and protected by law.
This is one of the most fundamental and integral principles of librarianship.
The records of an individual patron cannot and will not be revealed. Please
do not put a member of the library staff in the uncomfortable position of
refusing such a request. The following requests will be denied:
Circulation
and Patron Records
- A request for the circulation
records of faculty, staff, student, or other library card holder by someone
else.
- A request by a faculty member
for the identities of students who borrowed reserved items.
- A request to review the circulations
records of a student suspected of plagiarism.
- A request to see interlibrary
loan borrowing records.
- A request for addresses, phone
numbers, ID numbers, or other personal information contained in the patron
database.
- A request to see a list of individuals
who are not members of the university community but who have been granted
library borrowing privileges (FOLs).
- A request by a parent for title
information regarding fines or other fees by the library to Student Accounts
Receivable.
Other Examples
- A request for the name of the
person who has signed out a particular item.
- A request to review past use
of study room, listening room, study carrel, or CD-ROM work station.
- A request to reveal the nature
of a patron's reference request or database search.
- A request for the names of persons
who have used audiovisual materials.
- A request for a list of suggested
acquisitions submitted by a particular patron when that patron is not a
member of the requesting department.
- A request from law enforcement
authorities for the identity of anyone conducting research on a particular
subject.
Source: The
Whole Library Handbook
Updated
July 27, 2007
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