Interestingly, Grand Rapids PL (Bill Ott) has done exactly that: http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?9914
I'm not sure if it's still in use, though. -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Open Library Initiative | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: mi...@equinoxinitiative.org | web: http://equinoxinitiative.org On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Rogan Hamby <rha...@equinoxinitiative.org> wrote: > Just a quick thought that regardless of where the code resided to do the > unlocking (internal to Evergreen or in a third party product) some third > party hardware would be required to do this so the inherent division between > ILS code and vendor hardware is always going to be there and therefore it's > more likely that the unlocking will remain on the side of the hardware > vendor. > > That isn't to say that someone couldn't write their own native Evergreen > client to do all this with their own hardware but the task would be ... > non-trivial. :) > > > > > Rogan Hamby > > Data and Project Analyst > > Equinox Open Library Initiative > > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > > email: ro...@equinoxinitiative.org > > web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Terran McCanna > <tmcca...@georgialibraries.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Jesse, >> >> I just wanted to chime in that I'm not aware of anyone who is working on >> developing functionality like that. The self-check interface hasn't gotten a >> lot of attention in the past few years, possibly because not a lot of >> libraries are using it. (Only 2 or 3 libraries out of our 285 total >> libraries that have opted to use it.) There are a number of things that >> could be done to improve it which would encourage more people to adopt it, >> like adding the ability to pay fines through the same functionality that the >> OPAC uses, and to allow patrons to renew books through it. >> >> >> >> Terran McCanna >> PINES Program Manager >> Georgia Public Library Service >> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 >> Atlanta, GA 30345 >> 404-235-7138 >> tmcca...@georgialibraries.org >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Jesse McCarty <jes...@burlingtonwa.gov> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> >>> >>> Currently we are running an ITG self-check system that utilizes magnetic >>> locking cases for DVDs and CDs. I know the documentation references no >>> security mechanisms in Evergreen self-check, but I was wondering if there is >>> a way for the Evergreen self-check to interact/activate the magnetic >>> unlockers for security cases? Is this a sought after feature/planned >>> possibility? Or is the built in self-check designed to be nothing more than >>> its current basic form? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> >>> >>> Jesse McCarty >>> >>> City of Burlington >>> >>> IT Technical Assistant >>> >>> >> >> >
