[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Self-service hardware question

Tue May 12 07:54:41 NZST 2020

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 at 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
>
> Mrs Lisa Peel
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