I remember hearing about a change in the alumni association that you could get a card for free now and therefore we were no longer turning the card into a guest card to give alumni book checkout privileges. However a patron came up to the desk now and had just gotten an alumni card and I wasn’t sure what to do because she said she had to pay to get it. So I just did a community user account for the time being and said I would check if this gives her book access as well. -Claire
Alumni Cards are not given annual members anymore, but if someone joins as a life time member they will receive an alumni card.