I'd be interested to hear, particularly from academic libraries, how many
of you continue to keep/file paper copies of reader application forms once
they have been entered onto the Library system.
Our rationale for doing this until now has been that each applicant signs a
statement on the form agreeing to observe the Library Rules. However, as
far as I am aware there has never been a situation where we have actually
retrieved a form in the course of a dispute (presumably in order to say:
"look, you agreed to obey the library rules - now pay that fine!"), nor am
I particularly convinced that the signatures amount to much legally, as the
Library Rules themselves are not explained anywhere on the form.
Any thoughts?
Pete Williams
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