Open access cards and generic barcodes:

• Open access cards with a generic (2 9999) barcode are to be issued to students who do not have a barcode from their home campus on their ID card and want to check out items from another CUNY library. The generic barcode should be issued with an expiration date of 10 days to allow the patron to return to their home campus library and be issued a permanent barcode. The generic barcode should never be placed on a regular college ID card.

• If the patron's ID card is imprinted with a valid library barcode, staff at any library can enter them into the Aleph patron file.