Reading Your Record

The first thing that came to mind when I read about this proposed law on Library Records for Children is that if the parents want to know what their children are checking out, they should ask them. And if there is such a lack of communication that they can’t get the answer, there are probably larger issues in the family than what items the child has been checking out. Letting parents know what items are overdue is a practical matter. Florida managed to relax the one restriction without relaxing the other. Letting the parents know what items are checked out is probably a dead issue for most of those who truly care. With online access to accounts (and armed with the proper identification), the parent can do their own looking. Which brings me to another point: Polaris 3.0 has implemented the Reading Record functionality which is intended mainly for the aid of people who can’t remember what books they have and haven’t read. As I said once before, if you are concerned about this, take the time to ask.