Smartstation Circ Manager Jason Burds I.T. Supervisor Carnegie-Stout Public Library (563)589-4229
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Sakovich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 2:19 PM To: Jason M. Burds Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID Do you know what the name of this program is? They've not told us a thing about it, but it really sounds like something we might be able to use. Aaron -- Aaron Sakovich Internet and Technology Services manager Huntsville-Madison County Public Library 915 Monroe St, Huntsville AL 35801 http://hmcpl.org/ -- [email protected] > On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Jason M. Burds <[email protected]> wrote: > > They have a new staff circ program that does multiple items check in and > check out. > > SIP definitely times out with the new program. We haven't had an issue with > the gates timing out. > > With the new program, you can checkin/checkout up to 10 items at time, if the > pad is strong enough. > > Jason Burds > I.T. Supervisor > Carnegie-Stout Public Library > (563)589-4229 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Sakovich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:52 PM > To: Jason M. Burds > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID > > We also use RFID and Bibliotheca, though I will say up front, we are sorely > disappointed with Bibliotheca's service. We've had tickets opened for weeks > with no activity on them (the latest: they said they were waiting to install > a self-check until they found out what ILS we were running. For the record, > we've been on Koha for nearly a year, and have 5 branches using their kit > already.) > > We can only check items in/out one at a time at a staff workstation. The Self > Check Kiosks can handle stacks of easily up to 7 items at a time for > checkouts. > > We are in on a CheckIn page AJAX development ByWater is managing for us that > will allow for multiple items on a staff workstation's RFID pad. The recent > changes to the CheckOut page AJAX-ifying the process was a big help, though > we're still limited to 1 item at a time (but now, much faster). > > And the SIP settings on the kiosks and workstations? We bumped the Koha > timeouts up to about 5 minutes and have the Bibliotheca kit sending SC > messages once every 4-1/2 minutes. Even with well over 60 systems throughout > the county, we don't ever have to restart our server except under very > unusual and exceptional thrashing... > > Aaron > -- > Aaron Sakovich > Internet and Technology Services manager > Huntsville-Madison County Public Library > 915 Monroe St, Huntsville AL 35801 > http://hmcpl.org/ -- [email protected] > > > > >> On Jan 7, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Jason M. Burds <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We are in the end stages of a long and painful RFID migration. To answer >> your question, SIP makes checkouts and check-ins work much faster. >> >> We chose Bibliotheca for our vendor. They do have a Circ manager software >> that will connect with SIP and allow for multiple items checking in and out. >> Our staff still has to bring up the patrons account in Koha to verify holds >> and overdues. There are many bugs with it but overall it functions most of >> the time. >> >> Warning about Bibliotheca and Koha >> 1. SIP connections are tremendous and will eventually lockup your SIP server >> with flood messages. We have to restart SIP server every morning, to clear >> out log files. >> 2. RFID pads are not powerful and will disappoint you, expect to have to >> shuffle items to get them to read. >> 3. Gates cannot detect DVD's with Stingray tags when the gate is set to only >> alarm on outgoing traffic. You need bidirectional detection. This may be >> important on how you tag your collection and how you plan your >> implementation. >> 4. Inventory device needs to run on Windows 7. Good luck with anyone with a >> new PC in the last 2 years. OS on inventory device is an old windows palm >> OS. We are still waiting for a replacement for one that came bad out of the >> box, 2 months after receiving it. >> >> Not to be overly negative about them, they do have a few good support staff >> and a programmer David who is excellent. >> >> In addition, we have Tech Logic self-checks that are near perfect on >> detection and RFID pads are 50% stronger. Makes me wish we would have spent >> the money and went with them 100%. >> >> Good luck and if you have any questions let me know. >> >> Jason Burds >> I.T. Supervisor >> Carnegie-Stout Public Library >> (563)589-4229 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Koha [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liz Rea >> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:07 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID >> >> It would be awesome if all replies to this email could come to the list, so >> that we can make a FAQ for the website. >> >> Cheers, >> Liz Rea >> >> On 31/12/14 07:04, Keener, Nancy wrote: >>> Our library is considering RFID in our near future. Are there any Koha >>> libraries out there using RFID? Does SIP limit RFID functionality? And >>> finally, what vendor did you choose? >>> >>> Nancy Keener >>> Systems Librarian >>> I.T.O.S.C. 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