[WEB4LIB] Re: Privacy, the USA Patriot Act, electronic finger

[Chris Gray]

And if, heaven forbid, you should incur any library fines, these will be
tracked _long_ after the item is returned.

Chris Gray

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Drew, Bill wrote:

> Aleph 500 from Ex Libris retains the borrower links even after an item is
> returned (at least through version 14.2). I believe they are working on
> changing this.  What was DRA MultiLis also maintained the links unless you
> deleted the patron record.  
> 
> Karen Harker and Phillip Whitford are entirely right that libraries have a
> false sense of security.  It is not just in computer privacy, it extends to
> privacy of all types of records and transactions.
> 
> Bill Drew
> drewwe at morrisville.edu
>