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That’s all exactly the same here in the US, except I’ve yet to come across a library that let patrons operate the scanner.

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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Damn. Over here we have self-service hours.

Library card holders that sign up for it can get into a library building using their library card, outside normal opening hours, when the staff isn’t even there.

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- Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s neat. I guess American society is too low trust for that, sadly.
  
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Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
No, we definitely have them, even as far back as when I was a teen. But like most things, it varies…

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- Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I haven’t encountered it, so I am absolutely sure it doesn’t exist anywhere in America.
  
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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Our little local library uses RFID chips in the books. It is all self checkout, you just place it on the scanner and done.

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