I'll second Jason's Bluetooth recommendation. I was involved in a mapping
project in which we needed to gather barcodes from books at particular
locations in the stacks. We used this cordless
scanner<http://us.cipherlab.com/catalog.asp?CatID=8&SubcatID=11&ProdID=255>and
connected it via bluetooth to an iPhone.

Ron Gilmour
Web Services Librarian
Ithaca College Library



On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Francoeur <
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> We're looking into ways that tablets might be used by library staff
> assisting patrons in a long line at the circ desk. With a tablet, an
> additional staff person could pick folks off the line who might have things
> that can be handled on a properly outfitted tablet.
>
> I am wondering if anyone has any examples of a library using the camera on
> a tablet to scan barcodes on library materials (for check out or check in)
> or if anyone has used one of those magnetic stripe readers that you can
> attach to some tablets (such as the Square Register for the iPad which can
> be used to process credit cards)? I'm sure it's been done with a netbook;
> we're solely interested in doing this with a tablet.
>
> We're trying to see if we can install the GUI for Ex Libris Aleph on a
> tablet running Microsoft RT. If this might work on tablets running Android
> or iOS, that would be interesting as well.
>
> Any examples or thoughts about this would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stephen Francoeur
>
> User Experience Librarian
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> Newman Library
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> Room 516
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> Baruch College
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> New York, NY 10010
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