I was the system admin of a library for three years, and I understand what they are doing. If I was pitching this idea to my director, I'd use the two reasons:
1. Library computers are the most abused on the planet. We had everything from middle school kids looking viewing pornography to script kiddies attempting to use the terminal as an anonymous machine to stage attacks. We can't censor the internet because we are a library but we need to make sure actual library patrons are using it.
2. Budgets. Libraries have almost no budget at all, and computers cost money. Let's make sure only the proper people are using them so we don't need to go out to purchase new computers to supply the demand of people who are not patrons.
(Although, i'm sure these finger print scanners are not cheap but it looks like they are based in the same town. so they may be getting a deal as a demo site)
Libraries are like a club with free membership, your fingerprint scan is just a unique identifier the same as a bar code but a lot harder to abuse, they aren't tracking what you are doing. If you want to use their computers you need to have a membership, it's as simple as that.
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I was the system admin of a library for three years, and I understand what they are doing. If I was pitching this idea to my director, I'd use the two reasons: 1. Library computers are the most abused on the planet. We had everything from middle school kids looking viewing pornography to script kiddies attempting to use the terminal as an anonymous machine to stage attacks. We can't censor the internet because we are a library but we need to make sure actual library patrons are using it. 2. Budgets. Libraries have almost no budget at all, and computers cost money. Let's make sure only the proper people are using them so we don't need to go out to purchase new computers to supply the demand of people who are not patrons. (Although, i'm sure these finger print scanners are not cheap but it looks like they are based in the same town. so they may be getting a deal as a demo site) Libraries are like a club with free membership, your fingerprint scan is just a unique identifier the same as a bar code but a lot harder to abuse, they aren't tracking what you are doing. If you want to use their computers you need to have a membership, it's as simple as that.