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Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Why’s that? Is it just in case you put it in the wrong spot?
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Oh this is for books that are taken out, yeah that makes sense. I assumed this was just for a book you took off the shelf to read while in the building.
papalonian@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It is for books that are read in the building
capybeby@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Primarily, yes. But also most libraries run a book through the check-in system when they pick it up. This marks in the system when and where the last time a book was touched was, which can be useful if it were to go missing. But mostly it’s so it doesn’t go in the wrong spot.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 days ago
Who is running check on on the return cart? Who has time for that?
These a check in box in the back room. If it isn’t in there, and it has a label then It’s assumed to be part of the connection.
capybeby@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Um, idk we do. I work in a busy urban library and we (circ and librarians) check in everything we pick up. We do use RFID tags so that makes it pretty easy.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do they track the number of times a specific title was checked out?
I’m sure that info is pretty valuable to track reading trends.
capybeby@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yup! They also track the number of times it was renewed.
Definitely! Totals are generally sent to the city/state and come up in budgeting discussions and the numbers are used to determine what books to buy.