[CASL-L] public access to our online catalog

[Stieber, Rachel]

Hi Casey,

Students access our Destiny catalog and Sora website though Classlink, so
only staff and students can access without asking. We just recently had a
parent request access through our Humanities Director. We were happy to
send a link to Destiny so they could search for the books that they were
looking for. They were prepared to draft a Freedom of Information Request
to the Board Office, but it never came to that.

Rachel Stieber,
Sage Park Middle School, Windsor




On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:32 PM LaPlante, Casey via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> Our Curriculum Director says the catalog is NOT public information, but
> our administration wonders if that is correct. That's why I'm asking if
> anyone knows if legally we MUST make our catalogs available to the public.
> Or if I have to make it easy for them...like can I hand them a binder of
> 15,000 titles? If we still had card catalogs in drawers they wouldn't be
> able to demand to come in and search the drawers as easily as they can an
> online catalog.
>
> Thanks,
> Casey
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:14 PM Barbara Johnson <
> bajohnson at colchesterct.org> wrote:
>
>> We do have our destiny catalog out in the public in Colchester.
>> Students do need to log in in order to access electronic materials and
>> our databases per our contract requirements.
>> However anyone is able to search for books and see what's in my
>> collection.
>> This is our Board policy... I would check with your curriculum director
>> and your Board.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 2, 2023, 12:09 PM LaPlante, Casey via CASL-L <
>> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Esteemed Colleagues--
>>>
>>> I should probably know this, but does the public have a right to access
>>> our online catalog, or can we password protect it just for members of our
>>> school community? I've made our Destiny Catalog unavailable online unless
>>> someone logs in, but the admin is wondering if the catalog falls under FOI.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Casey
>>>
>>> --
>>> Casey LaPlante
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> Granby Memorial High School
>>> Granby, CT
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