[Lswtalk] Overdrive - get a library card

[Erin Chesnutt]

Hi, all!

Did you guys see / hear about the Get a Library Card (GLC) initiative 
from OD that let's patrons in your service area use their zip code and 
mobile number to apply for a mock library card to use in OD so they 
don't have to come in to the library?

It's a pilot program, but they plan - as I understand it - to eventually 
allow the library to set how long the mock card can be used (during 
pilot program, it expires after 1 year) and the library can also access 
the list of registered GLC users for their area to a) count them as 
library card holders, if you so choose and b) reach out to the patron to 
encourage them to get a full library card.

I'm interested in possibly exploring this (depending on how the pilot 
program pans out) but I don't know if this is a service we could sign up 
for individually or if the whole consortium would need to sign up.  
Anyone else want to discuss at an upcoming LSW meeting?

http://blogs.overdrive.com/featured-post-library-blog/2017/10/17/get-a-library-card/



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Erin N. Chesnutt, MLIS
Director
*/Beauregard Parish Library/*/
Knowledge. Growth. Imagination./

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