Student Library Card

Initiative
Tammy Baggett
Library Director

Matthew Clobridge
Library Technology Management Administrator
 Topics to Cover
• Background
• Goals
• Pilot Schools
• Changes in 2018-2019
• What’s Next?

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 Background
• ConnectED Library Challenge, Spring
2015
• White House ConnectED Convening,
January 2016
• 60 communities initially implemented
school/library partnerships
• Program now led by Urban Library
Council

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 North Carolina School/Library
Partnerships

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 Goals
• To instill a love of reading and promote literacy for all Durham
Public School students.
• To increase access to library resources, both print and digital, for all
teachers and students.

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 Pilot Schools
• Hillandale Elementary School
• Carrington Middle School
• Rogers-Herr Middle School
• Hillside High School

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 Pilot Schools
• Parent/guardians opted-in to program.
• DPS sent student data to DCL via Secure File Transfer Protocol
(sFTP).
• DCL created library card numbers for 180+ students.
• Lending rules:
• Up to five book checkouts
• No audio-visual checkouts
• No fines for overdue materials
• Fees for lost items are incurred

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 Faculty & Staff Access
• DPS faculty and staff can get a standard DCL library card by
presenting their DPS identification at any library location.
• Regardless of their county-of-residence.
• Follows normal DCL adult library card lending policies.

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 Changes in 2018-2019
• Opt-out instead of opt-in
• Required approval from DPS legal
• Students’ ID numbers as their library card number
• Changes have been made to DCL systems to allow for
student ID numbers to be used instead of a library-specific
number.

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 What’s Next?
• Update Memorandum of Understanding to reflect new opt-out
procedures.
• Determine efficient procedures for student information changes
throughout the school year.
• Branding
• Roll out district-wide at start of traditional calendar school year.
• Promote to parents/guardians, teachers, and DPS staff.

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 Questions & Discussion

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