Earlier today I was delighted to present a talk to and partake in conversation with 124 librarians from around New England on the topic of digital identity. This presentation and discussion was part of the Sharing Visions: 2020 New England Resource Sharing Conference.
I posed the question: Can and should libraries provide modern, reusable individual identity services for borrowers, members, and other patrons? This short talk summarized the current individual identity standards and common services widely used today in commerce, industry, and social media and asked how a library organization could accept and provide these services for the public. Potential issues, options, challenges, and opportunities were sketched out for consideration and discussion.
Here are the slides accompanying the talk and you can see a YouTube video from the recording of this Zoom session directly below.
Your ideas on this topic are welcome in the comments below!