Re: Self-Checkout Equipment

[Richard Crane <racrane@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nancy Compton wrote:

> For those interested in the responses we received to our inquiry about
> patron self check-out systems other than 3M, this is what we received:
>
> Pam Ploeger of Dartmouth College reported that she saw a nice set-up at
> ALA manufactured by Codeco, a Danish firm, and distributed by Codeco
> Canada.
>
> Ann Goodhart of West Vancouver Library reported that Fraser Valley
> Regional Library in British Columbia, Canada, had just installed Codeco
> machines.
>
> Rob O'Brennan of Fraser Valley reported that all is going well.
>
> An inquiry sent to codeco@xxxxxxxxxx brought a very prompt response
> by Franklin Mussche, who is sending a brochure.
>
> One more response.  Betty Dong of Arizona State University reported that
> their West Campus Library has purchased the FasTrack self check-out
> system, and the Science branch on the main campus will be installing the
> 3M system.  These would be people to check with later, but neither system
> is up and running as of 8/15/00.
>
> If you would like to communicate directly with the respondees, please
> contact me at nancy.compton@xxxxxxxxxx for email addresses.
>
> Nancy Compton
> Eastern Washington University
> JFK Library
> Circulation Department
> Cheney, Washington
>
> Nancy Compton wrote:
>
> > We would like to hear from other Innovative libraries that use a
> > self-checkout system other than 3M.  We've checked the archives but
> > found no pertinent information--two old inquiries but no responses.
> >
> > Is anyone out there using a non-3M system?  We need to know about cost
> > and processing requirements, compatible barcodes, etc.  We would also
> > like to hear any other observations you might have as well.
>
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We have contacted the Codeco people. They have some very attractive products and
are working with iii.  Because they use some very large flat screens for their
displays, the units are even more expensive than 3m's, however they are willing
to work with smaller units, because they are all made-to order.  This company
also produces materials self-check-in units that can sort items into 12 -16 bins.
They are developing non-magnetic microchip materials id,s that will be able to be
used for automatic sorting.

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