One Card Initiative

Here is some exciting news from Fred Schumacher on the HPL/HCPL One Card solution. Please read through this important information.

Thanks,
mvc

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Greetings all.

As you may have heard, HPL and HCPL have been working toward implementing a one card solution that will allow customers of both systems to use one library card to access both their HPL and HCPL accounts. We are excited about being able to offer this service enhancement to our customers, and we anticipate that it will be well received by customers who use both library systems. As an added bonus, the enhanced service will also allow us to check in HCPL items mistakenly returned to HPL branches and HCPL will be able to check in HPL items mistakenly returned to one of their locations. I hope you agree that this will be welcomed by our customers. As a first step toward system-wide implementation of this enhanced service, the Horizon ILS circulation client has been installed at Bracewell, Stella Link and Park Place branches, and the service enhancement will be implemented at each of these locations beginning Monday, November 5th. Please be aware that customers choosing to access their HPL accounts using their HCPL Knowledge Card barcodes may do so at any HPL location from that day forward.

You may expect to have the HCPL Horizon shortcut installed on workstations at your branch at some point during the next two weeks. Once the shortcut is installed, please contact your LA Supervisor to arrange for training for staff to implement the service enhancement at your branch. Our goal is to have the service enhancement implemented system-wide by the end of November.

Please let me or your LA Supervisor know if you have any questions.

Thanks.

Fred Schumacher
Circulation Services Manager
Houston Public Library