[Koha] Self-service hardware question

[Chris Brown]

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://bywatersolutions.com/education/setting-self-checkout-feature-koha

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
>
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