Hello
I work in an academic library that supports HE in FE. A couple of proposals have been put forward to...
a:lock students out of their IT accounts if they have overdue books on their library accounts (it would be unlocked once the book is returned).
b: impose a booking system on PCs in the library with 2 hour slots available at a time.
I have my own opinions on this but would like to know if any other HE/HE in FE libraries out there do anything similar.
I appreciate these sort of measures may be necessary/appropriate for 14-18 year old library users but have misgivings about such a system for adult, fee paying students on HE courses (Degree and HNC/D).
I should add that these are only proposals but I just wanted to get a feel for what libraries in other institutions are doing in this respect.
Please reply directly to me rather than the list.
Many thanks.
Sarah
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