Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

RV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Jason Griffey > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:27 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services > > FWIW: All of the card-readers I've tested (Square, Paypal) require their > particula

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

o:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Griffey Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:27 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services FWIW: All of the card-readers I've tested (Square, Paypal) require their particular apps to "read"

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Stephen Francoeur wrote: > We're looking into ways that tablets might be used by library staff > assisting patrons in a long line at the circ desk. With a tablet, an > additional staff person could pick folks off the line who might have things > that can be handled on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

on Griffey > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:27 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services > > FWIW: All of the card-readers I've tested (Square, Paypal) require their > particular apps to "read"...there'

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

I'll second Jason's Bluetooth recommendation. I was involved in a mapping project in which we needed to gather barcodes from books at particular locations in the stacks. We used this cordless scannerand connected it via bluetooth t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

FWIW: All of the card-readers I've tested (Square, Paypal) require their particular apps to "read"...there's no generic output that's readable by the device. At least on iOS, access to the camera is via an API only accessible by an app, which means no generic browser based access to the camera out