[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Self Check

[Terran McCanna]

There is! One of the branches in PINES has been using it for about a year,
and several others are currently considering switching to it. I believe
they are setting it up in kiosk mode on a desktop (with keyboard, mouse,
barcode scanner, receipt printer) on or near the circ desk so that it can
be easily monitored if patrons need assistance. If you are using security
strips or locking cases, you'd also need to add unlocking pads/tools to the
workstation.

There are only a few settings to get it up and running - the only ones I
recall off the top of my head are a setting to enable it, and a setting to
determine whether you want to require a password or not. Once you enable
it, you get to it through the browser at:

https://yourdomain/eg/circ/selfcheck/main

You'll log in first as a staff account to set the workstation (similar to
the staff client) so then the URL you'd use for that machine's home page
will be something like:

https://yourdomain/eg/circ/selfcheck/main?ws=WORKSTATIONNAME

It's pretty simple - patrons can't do anything except check out books on
it. They can view/print their holds, items out, and bills, but they can't
take any actions on them.

There had been a few printing bugs, but I believe they are all fixed (as of
2.8 or 2.9?) There is a login bug that has a fix posted (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1528647) that still needs to be
tested before being considered for incorporation into master.


Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30345
404-235-7138
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org


On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Forrest, Stuart <sforrest at bcgov.net> wrote:

> Hi All
>
>
>
> Is there are a Self-Check component in Evergreen and if so is there anyone
> using it and how?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
> ================================================================================
>
> Stuart Forrest PhD
>
> Library Systems Specialist
>
> Beaufort County Library
>
> 843 255 6450
>
> sforrest at bcgov.net
>
>
>
> http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org
>
>
>
> For Leisure, For Learning, For Life
>
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20160705/fd3f1be5/attachment-0001.html>