Is it legal to print student photos with their names on their school library cards for circulation use?
I didn't realize it in first grade, but a school library[1] is one of the first places a person experiences "the right to privacy" unmediated by a parent or guardian.
COVID has made online library card registration essential in many areas. What do we need to consider when dispensing online (temporary cards that allow access to e-resources) and physical library cards to children? At what age, and under what circumstances do we need to get a guardian's signature? Can we require some form of ID for children?
I remember getting my first library card at the Utica Public Library with my Dad, circa 1985. It was a right of passage: something "official" before I could drive, or work, or vote; a stepping-stone to adult life.
