Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?

Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?

BG WUM self-service lending library has been operating since 2012, and its aim is to help BG WUM users to find the literature they need in the easiest way possible. The article describes the functioning of the lending library, the construction and operation of a self-check – a machine, which allows...

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Main Author: Dagmara Szmajser-Chylarecka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical University of Warsaw 2020-09-01
Series:Forum Bibliotek Medycznych
Subjects:
main library
warsaw medical university
self-service lending library
self-check
rfid
Online Access:https://fbm.wum.edu.pl/02-12-2019/0032
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spelling doaj-997d3c28306e4ff28083b4952d4679c62021-03-08T13:38:39ZengMedical University of WarsawForum Bibliotek Medycznych1899-58292450-04372020-09-011222610.34738/mlf.0032Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?Dagmara Szmajser-Chylarecka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9275-0949Main Library, Medical University of Warsaw, PolandBG WUM self-service lending library has been operating since 2012, and its aim is to help BG WUM users to find the literature they need in the easiest way possible. The article describes the functioning of the lending library, the construction and operation of a self-check – a machine, which allows borrowing and returning books, and presents RFID labels and book collection security. The statistics referred to in the paper illustrate the interest in the lending library and show its history since its launching. The author discusses its advantages and disadvantages of the solution and tries to answer the question of whether such forms of lending are necessary in modern libraries.https://fbm.wum.edu.pl/02-12-2019/0032main librarywarsaw medical universityself-service lending libraryself-checkrfid
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Forum Bibliotek Medycznych
main library
warsaw medical university
self-service lending library
self-check
rfid
author_facet Dagmara Szmajser-Chylarecka
author_sort Dagmara Szmajser-Chylarecka
title Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
title_short Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
title_full Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
title_fullStr Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
title_full_unstemmed Machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
title_sort machine versus librarian – where are modern lending libraries heading to?
publisher Medical University of Warsaw
series Forum Bibliotek Medycznych
issn 1899-5829
2450-0437
publishDate 2020-09-01
description BG WUM self-service lending library has been operating since 2012, and its aim is to help BG WUM users to find the literature they need in the easiest way possible. The article describes the functioning of the lending library, the construction and operation of a self-check – a machine, which allows borrowing and returning books, and presents RFID labels and book collection security. The statistics referred to in the paper illustrate the interest in the lending library and show its history since its launching. The author discusses its advantages and disadvantages of the solution and tries to answer the question of whether such forms of lending are necessary in modern libraries.
topic main library
warsaw medical university
self-service lending library
self-check
rfid
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