We used old computers with Elo touchscreens at our branches. For software, we used Chrome or Firefox in kiosk mode. For touchscreens, I bumped up the size of the buttons and layout using Koha's JS and CSS system prefs. I think we ended up using Chromium or Chrome in kiosk mode -- I had issues with firefox. I used Debian for this and I think Fred's idea of using a Rasp. Pi ( latest ) would work great with Chrome/Chromium in kiosk mode. We've used a Pi for a digital display kiosk -- again, with Chrome in kiosk mode, but any cheap hardware should work fine. Windows would work too. We used PWB on Win 2000 from https://www.teamsoftwaresolutions.com/ for many years ( pre-Koha migration ) as a Windows-based public catalog kiosk solution but there are probably many alternatives today. Chad On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM King, Fred <Fred.King@medstar.net> wrote:
I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe someone can take my idea and turn it into something practical.
How about running Firefox on a Raspberry Pi? You could lock it in a box and run cables to a keyboard, barcode scanner, mouse, and monitor to it. Definitely inexpensive, especially if you have a spare monitor, keyboard, and mouse hanging around. I'm not sure how easy it would be to prevent people from browsing to other sites, but someone here might know of a way.
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Hi Lisa (and everyone)
We have started looking at this for a couple of the community libraries we support here in Sheffield (UK). Partly this is as a social distancing measure as and when we re-open after the pandemic.
Self-service checkout mode is straightforward to configure in Koha ... take a look at the Bywater Solutions tutorial at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bywatersolutions.com_education_setting-2Dself-2Dcheckout-2Dfeature-2Dkoha&d=DwIGaQ&c=RvBXVp2Kc-itN3g6r3sN0QK_zL4whPpndVxj8-bJ04M&r=vKh6XwOmjyC51IkP1OfsdjQZoWT2vpi6VZl8El8EPRI&m=ULJzl7snsamosQnLCPdubRO_x_K1emz4q2NQR8LecY0&s=eIi0-JPLRXKgTOOD48ufAIwj8nkZKS0FzOuynUdtyMo&e=
For hardware we are looking at something really cheap and cheerful ... probably just a chrome book and a bar-code scanner. (Our books don't have RFID tags). The challenge is to lock the chromebook down tight enough so that users can't browse out to other sites (we are looking at using Google Chrome in Kiosk mode), or escape the browser altogether. We're not expecting to pay more than around £350 for the hardware.
We haven't looked at printers because we don't need receipts but Koha's self-checkout module certainly has the option to print them.
I am not an expert so if you get a reply from someone with more experience you should defer to them!
Best Regards,
Chris Brown
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:09 PM Lisa Peel <lpeel@swisseducation.com> wrote:
Hello everyone
I am hoping those of you with experience of implementing self-service with Koha would be able to give me some assistance.
We are looking at implementing self-service in order to extend our service hours – however I have little experience of this, especially what hardware would be needed.
Am I right in thinking that it is not actually necessary to buy one of the very fancy free standing units I have seen in many supplier catalogues? We have no alarm system in any of our libraries (there are six of them, most of them relatively small with less than 3000 items each, no RFID). Ideally I need to find a cost effective solution, ideally something which would also incorporate generating a receipt (so students have proof of check in).
Could anyone advise me of what we would need and possible price?
Regards
Lisa
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