capybeby@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoLibraries are coolsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1787arrow-down111
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkLibraries are coolsh.itjust.workscapybeby@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareHorsecook@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThat’s all exactly the same here in the US, except I’ve yet to come across a library that let patrons operate the scanner.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoDamn. Over here we have self-service hours. Library card holders that sign up for it can get into a library building using their library card, outside normal opening hours, when the staff isn’t even there.
minus-squareHorsecook@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s neat. I guess American society is too low trust for that, sadly.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoOur little local library uses RFID chips in the books. It is all self checkout, you just place it on the scanner and done.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoNo, we definitely have them, even as far back as when I was a teen. But like most things, it varies…
minus-squareHorsecook@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoI haven’t encountered it, so I am absolutely sure it doesn’t exist anywhere in America.
That’s all exactly the same here in the US, except I’ve yet to come across a library that let patrons operate the scanner.
Damn. Over here we have self-service hours.
Library card holders that sign up for it can get into a library building using their library card, outside normal opening hours, when the staff isn’t even there.
That’s neat. I guess American society is too low trust for that, sadly.
Our little local library uses RFID chips in the books. It is all self checkout, you just place it on the scanner and done.
No, we definitely have them, even as far back as when I was a teen. But like most things, it varies…
I haven’t encountered it, so I am absolutely sure it doesn’t exist anywhere in America.