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AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsJames E. Fergen, John E. Nelson, Michael J. Kieffer, Gerald G. Marsolek, Joseph E. Schwietz, Jr., Mitchell B. Grunes, Kathleen M. McLeod
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A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal(i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.
An arrangement comprising a self-service library terminal, a circulation system, and a communication link, wherein the communication link couples the self-service library terminal to the circulation system, wherein the self-service library terminal has a controller arranged to process a loan transaction of the borrower of the circulating item, wherein the controller stores the loan transaction during a period when the communication link between the self-service library terminal and the circulation system is down, and wherein the controller transfers the stored loan transaction from the self-service library terminal to the circulation system during a period when the communication link between the self-service library terminal and the circulation system is not down.
A self-service library terminal comprising:
A self-service library terminal for processing a loan transaction of a borrower of a circulating item comprising:
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