I am trying to fidn out how to process a complete audit of the whole library without moving all those items from shelves to the desk and back or buying laptops just for this purpose. We are obligated to do this every second or fifth year here in Czech Republic, and it is quite an operation - we have 10 "big" (20-80k) and 100 small (2-6k of volumes) local libraries.
As of now, smoothest solution I see in Android tablets/phablets/phones + dedicated readers (we have USB versions, but I am thinking about buying some Bluetooth variations). Any experience or recommendation in this field? Some brands I should avoid? My fast take on this: - Android has no problem with an input using USB barcode scanners (via USB-C or MicroUSB to UBC-A reduction) - Instead of numbers I get !#@$#$&^%$^%# => probably just need to find proper codepage for our Honeywell Eclipse MS5145 LS USB and Android with Czech layout. - Without new api or some plugin in koha itself for using camera and implementing OCR of barcode from picture, using built-in hw is no go. - Anyone has some recommendations for a suitable product (light and durable BT barcode reader)? Tomas Wunsch PS: I was suggested to check this post by Owen and I love this possibilities for small libraries or patrons: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23641 -- S přáním překrásných dní // Beautiful Days To You ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *Tomáš Wünsch* *Správce IT* *Městská knihovna Ústí nad Orlicí* *Příkopy 376, 562 01 Ústí nad Orlicí* +420 737 205 223 * +420 608 774 548* *www.knihovna-uo.cz <http://www.knihovna-uo.cz/>* _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
