In the interests of social inclusion I am investigating ways of enabling people with no fixed address to borrow materials from Derby City Libraries. The homeless,Travellers and Asylum Seekers are those groups I am particularly interestd in.
How do other libraries out there deal with this? Issues I am most concerned with are:
*Borrowing rights for those people with no fixed address- do they differ from those users with a permanent addresss.
*Establishing the identity of those without a permanent address. What is deemed acceptable.
*Stock losses from those without fixed addresses.
*What address is used for membership eg homeless shelter, relative/friend, social services. How does this work in practice-do you require letter of authorization.
Many Thanks to everyone who replies.
Bernard Haigh
Assistant City Librarian(Central Libraries)
Derby City Libraries
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