User's Manual

Introduction: Components 1-13
Staff Station Reader
The Staff Station Reader functions as an interface to ILS and circulation activities for
library personnel. The Staff Station Reader reads RFID tags when a book is placed on the
reader at up to 12 inches (30 cm) from the reader in a vertical direction. The Staff Station
Reader communicates through data links with both the Library Management System and
ILS, providing library staff the ability to perform typical functions with both the library
system and RFID tagged items. For example, library staff can find the status of RFID
tagged items that have been processed by ILS.
Figure 1.10 ILS Staff Station Reader
Patron Self-Checkout Station II
The Self-Checkout Station enables a library patron to checkout library materials without
the assistance of the library staff. The system may report messages if there is a problem
conducting the checkout transaction; for example, overdue fines have locked the patron’s
account.
Figure 1.11 ILS Self-Checkout Station