Keeping in step with an increasingly do-it-yourself world, the Library
has installed 23 SelfCheck machines in seven San Francisco Library locations.
More than half of the materials checked out in April were
scanned through the easy-to-use SelfCheck units, which enable Library
patrons to check out and renew print, audio and visual media without
the assistance of Library staff—and without waiting in line.
“We now have them on every floor of the Main Library,” says
Shellie Cocking, director of borrower services. “Patrons can find their
items and check out on the same floor. This is especially convenient
in the children’s room, where parents can check out items while their
children play.”
The SelfCheck machines are particularly popular on the
first floor, where patrons checked out an average of 955 books and 830
audiobooks, CDs and DVDs per day in April.
This is phase one of a project which will result in 68 of the 3M
Library Systems units in the Main Library and all 28 branches by 2011.
For questions or more information, call (415) 557-4400.
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