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Delaware County Library Board approves change to automation policy on retention of paper card applications

2619778 · January 13, 2025
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Summary

The board voted to allow member libraries discretion over whether to retain or destroy paper library card applications after the patron record is entered into the circulation system; the change follows guidance from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and review by the county solicitor.

The Delaware County Library Board voted to approve an update to the countywide automation policy that gives individual member libraries discretion over retaining paper library card applications once the patron’s record is entered into the shared circulation system.

The board’s Administrator, Annie (Administrator), told trustees the Policy Committee had asked the Office of Commonwealth Libraries whether any state statute or regulation requires retaining the original paper…

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