And that is the beauty of open source. :)
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 10:10 AM, Mike Rylander <mrylan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > >