Maine Infonet had policies for use of their State Library digital collections. https://www.maineinfonet.org/about/maine-infonet-digital-collections-policy/
Note sentence: "Parents or guardians are responsible for a child’s access to materials licensed by Maine InfoNet." Within the Balsam Consortium (currently on Evergreen) we added the graduation date and the grade to the student's registration. So I would assume that you could arrange to add an age (and then ask to get paid for another clerical day to change all those ages every year?!) Is your system set up to delete the link to the past checkouts as soon as the item is checked in? So then your current record on a patron would only have a record of the current checked out items. Does this meet the law of "...current borrowing of..."? Nancy B. Grant Maine Balsam Libraries Consortium President Retired LMS, NBCT Dover-Foxcroft, Maine 207-564-3098 [email protected] On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM Tessa Johnson via Evergreen-general < [email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't specifically exclude, but it doesn't exactly include either. It > says "printed library materials and audio-visual materials, such as DVDs > and CDs," > > https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=556&txtFormat=html > > As far as I can tell, we can't see patron borrowing history on digital > platforms anyway. I can see *if* they are using the platform, but not > what content they are accessing. > > -------------------------------- > *Tessa Johnson* (she/her) > *Collection Development & Systems Manager* > Howe Library > www.thehowe.org > > > *Currently Reading > <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9480503?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature>* > [image: Book Cover] > <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9480503?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature> > > [image: Goodreads Logo] > <https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature> > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sharon Douglas <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2025 10:18 AM > *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected] > > > *Cc:* Tessa Johnson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Evergreen-general] Youth accounts in Evergreen > > I'm curious, does the wording of the bill exclude digital materials then? > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM Tessa Johnson via Evergreen-general < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all, > New Hampshire just passed a law giving parents access to their children's > library information. We currently have lots of young patrons with library > cards, but we don't track their age or DOB in Evergreen. We also don't > always have parent/guardian information listed on their accounts, > especially for teens/tweens who sign up through school outreach programs. > > Does anyone have experience with laws like this and advice on how to > comply? > > The exact wording of the bill is: "All library records related to a > minor's current borrowing of printed library materials and audio-visual > materials, such as DVDs and CDs, shall be available to either parent or the > legal guardian of the minor when requested by either parent or the legal > guardian of the minor, or the parent or legal guardian of the minor whose > address matches that on the library account or who is listed on the library > account." > > Thanks, > Tessa > > -------------------------------- > *Tessa Johnson* (she/her) > *Collection Development & Systems Manager* > Howe Library > www.thehowe.org > > > *Currently Reading > <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9480503?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature>* > [image: Book Cover] > <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9480503?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature> > > [image: Goodreads Logo] > <https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature> > > *Written correspondence to or from the Town of Hanover, its officials, and > employees regarding town business is a governmental document, and is > generally subject to public disclosure under NH RSA 91-A, the Right to Know > Law. Though there are certain limited exceptions, you should assume that > written correspondence is a public record, regardless of whether the > correspondence is to or from a “hanovernh.org <http://hanovernh.org>” email > address, another email address, or another platform/website. * > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > > > > -- > [image: Company logo] > *Sharon Douglas* > Automation Coordinator > [email protected] | 218-233-3757 ext. 138 > *Lake Agassiz Regional Library * > 118 5th Street South > Moorhead, MN 56560 > www.larl.org > *Our mission is to enrich lives and strengthen communities.* > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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