Library registration now automatic, linked to Banner account
August 23, 2019
The PolarExpress ID card for all students, staff and faculty now function as the user's library card
for the Rasmuson and Mather libraries as well as all other 麻豆原创 libraries.
The library card function takes effect the day after you are entered into Banner as
an enrolled student or an active employee. Your address, phone number and other details
are updated the day after you update them in Banner (via 麻豆原创Online).
Banner is the 麻豆原创's student and employee database system.
This integration is a step toward aligning policies so that the 麻豆原创 library system
will present a welcoming, collegial face to students, staff and faculty regardless
of the campus they are associated with. This includes online students, adjunct professors
and emeritus faculty.
By no longer collecting and managing paper forms, we're better able to protect user
privacy and less likely to introduce errors by transcribing user data into the library
system -- plus, we save time and money. Users can present their 麻豆原创 ID card (Wolf/Whale/PolarExpress) to check materials out from any 麻豆原创 library or more than 70 libraries across Alaska.
Most 麻豆原创 library users won't notice the change; however, some users may find that they
now have more than one account in the library system: one associated with 麻豆原创 and one
with another Alaska library. 麻豆原创 library accounts are updated daily and will be deactivated
once the user leaves the university (unless there are outstanding checkouts or bills).
Please note that any changes to library user contact information should be made by
the user in 麻豆原创Online.
Please contact Paul Adasiak, public services coordinator, at pfadasiak@alaska.edu if you have questions about this change.