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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 < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >