The Library is pleased to announce that you now have the option of checking-out your own books by using the new Self-Check Station located at the Circulation Counter.
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All you need is your current Milligan ID card with you when you are ready to checkout your books. The procedure is fairly simple to follow:
- Use Self-Check for checking-out books only (no periodicals, DVDs, or other media).
- Wake Self-Check by moving the mouse.
- Scan the barcode on your Milligan ID card.
- Scan the barcode on each of your books.
- When you are finished scanning all your books click the “Finished” button.
- Take your receipt from the receipt printer. The receipt serves as your record of check-outs, and tells you when your books are due.*
- “Desensitize” each book using the metal device to the right of the receipt printer. Push book spine-side-down away from you (in the direction of the arrow) across the desensitizer. Alarm will sound if books are not desensitized!
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The Self-Check Station will not replace the presence of real humans to greet and assist you at the Circulation Counter. At this point, Self-Check is limited for checking-out books only. You will need to go through the regular check-out procedure if, for example, you have DVDs or Reserve materials to check-out. Also, you may not be able to use Self-Check if you have an issue with your patron account (e.g., overdue books, or billed items). Like the self-check aisle in the grocery store, the purpose of Self-Check is to add an element of choice, convenience, and user empowerment in accessing Library services. We hope you will give Self-Check a try, and then let us know what you think!
* We have been using receipt printers at the Circulation Counter since the beginning of the 2007 Fall Semester. This in itself is something of a technological advancement for the Library. Not only do receipt printers enable the use of Self-Check, they also eliminate the need for manual date-stamping of all checked-out items.