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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 Newman Library Room 516 Baruch College 151 E. 25th Street New York, NY 10010 646.312.1620 [log in to unmask] http://stephenfrancoeur.com