“A number of our customers are getting multiple cards (we don’t require picture ids now) to get on to our computers because we only allow an individual two sessions a day. Now we are looking at requiring people to show picture identification when they get cards so that they only get one card due to computer abuse and high theft of our AV collection.
We are worried that our newly arrived Spanish speaking customers might be blocked from getting cards as they will not have picture identification??? Is there a document that we they can use instead of a picture identification?
Has anyone dealt with this issue? One suggestion I have heard is that the library have their own picture identification card.”
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Spanish speakers (assuming they are new immigrants from Mexico or just working here) can get a photo id called a Matricular Card. This card establishes a picture ID and a local address. Just what any library needs to provide services. If you are not near a consulate, there is something called a mobile consulate which can stop anywhere (they like libraries). http://www.mexico.us/consulate.htm