Infopeople - Archive June 1994 to June 1995: Re: to InfoPeople/circ systems

Re: to InfoPeople/circ systems

Kathy Fueston & Pat Harper (libsisy1@cerfnet.com)
Thu, 11 May 1995 18:44:03 -0700

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>To InfoPeople Libraries
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>Siskiyou County Library is setting up an automated circulation system. We
have to decide whether to purchase hand-held barcode scanners or mounted
laser scanners for our circulation desks. Cost is not so much the issue,
because if we buy mounted ones, which are more expensive, we can buy less
expensive patron cards that have wide barcode labels (to use hand-held
scanners we have to buy more expensive cards with narrower labels that fit
under the scanner's "window")
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>Could libraries that have used both hand-held scanners (not light pens) and
mounted laser scanners tell us which they prefer?
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>Thank you.
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>Pat Harper
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