No, it's the ALA driving this, not individual librarians.
The last time I was at the library, they would not give me the books my husband had put on hold because I was carrying my own card and not his. When I said to check both cards are for the same address, they still refused, claiming that it was for "privacy."
When my husband tried to renew his library card after it expired, the library insisted on seeing 2 pieces of ID. They would not accept his passport as a valid ID.
LIBRARIANS=CONTROL FREAKS.
They would not accept his passport as a valid ID.
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These communist witches would not accept a U.S. passport?
Each person's library card, library record, holds etc. are for that person alone, not their spouse. As an example, people contemplating divorce sometimes put those items on hold and would not necessarily want their spouse to stroll into the library and say "let me have whatever books my wife put on hold."
LIBRARIANS=CONTROL FREAKS.
I just had to address this because I missed it the first time. A passport is not an adequate ID to get a library card because the purpose of showing ID is not just to verify that you are who you say you are, but that you currently live in and pay taxes to the library district. Simply showing a passport, which could be years old at that point, does not prove that you currently live within the library district. Usually some more current form of ID with your address or a recent utility bill is required.
