We are reviewing our policies on information from and access to current
electoral rolls and I would be interested to know what other public
libraries do, mainly in view of concerns over privacy and security.
We are looking at several areas.
Telephone calls - Do you answer telephone enquiries at all? If yes, in
answer to the question. "Who is on the electoral roll at e.g. 23 Railway
Cuttings?" will you say A Hancock, or ask the caller to specify the name
for confirmation? Do you ask callers to identify themselves?
Do you make any charge for this information?
Personal users - will you allow personal visitors unrestricted access to the
printed electoral roll, either in total or section by section? Do you place
any restrictions on access?
Electronic versions - if you have a local electronic version available, do
you limit public access to this?
Any other aspects I need to consider?
The electoral roll is of course public information, but with the advent of
other sources such as Infodisk/192.com this is becoming more of an issue.
The argument is that public libraries cannot be held responsible for misuse
of information by their customers, but...
I will collate answers for the list
Tim Parrott
Reference Services Manager
Liverpool Libraries and Information Services
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