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In the UJEP library, they have a new selfcheck since last year

Since last year, the Research Library of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem has been offering another opportunity to arrange loans/returns of library documents without the need for personal communication between the reader and the librarian. It has expanded its services with another self-service device – the selfcheck SC1000. This modern design has a number of practical advantages – it has an integrated printer for printing receipts, a large vertical screen displays a larger number of items, and a large enough workspace allows you to put away a larger number of books. It is a stand-alone option and the librarians have chosen a strategic place at the loan desk on the 3rd floor, so that in case of any difficulties the waiter can immediately advise readers – newcomers.

If readers are in a hurry and do not have time to visit the library at the time of its opening, they can put their returned documents into the return machine located on the ground floor.

These self-service RFID devices complement each other perfectly Research in the UJEP Library and provide readers with very comfortable services.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We wish you a beautiful Christmas and may the new year 2022 bring you health, happiness, satisfaction and joy!

Traffic during the Christmas holidays

Dear customers,

from 22.12.2021 (Wednesday) to 31.12.2021 (Friday) we are closed. In case of emergency, you can contact us by phone at: +420 734 309 562.

Normal operation starts again on Monday 3.1.2022. Thank you for your understanding.

How the largest city library in the Czech Republic introduced RFID….

A great project focused on the introduction of RFID technology into more than 40 of the operation places in the Municipal Library in Prague was realized over the years 2018 to 2020. The provider of the devices was our company. Are you interested in what preceded the decision, how long it took to plan realization,  how the library gained financial sources, what circumstances was necessary to solve, how readers appreciated it and if librarians have more time for readers now?

You can find the answers and maybe inspiration for your library in the ITlib magazine Information Technologies and Library No. 4/2020, in the article of Bc. Jan Stejskal, one of the participating members through the project.

PF 2021

Thank you for your support this year and we wish you a beautiful Christmas and, until the new year 2021, a lot of health and personal and professional success!

There is a silver lining for Czech librarianship!

On Monday, August 17, 2020, a new “Concept of the Development of Libraries in the Czech Republic for 2021 – 2027 with a View to 2030″ was approved. It relies on three main pillars. Libraries are seen

• as pillars of civil society and natural community centers,
• as educational and training support institutions and
• as a manager of cultural and knowledge riches.

It also envisages construction of new buildings, development of centralized library services, making unavailable digitized works accessible, the management of electronic publications, support for library protection, website archiving, development of LTP repositories, and many other measures, including those focused to automated library systems! We believe that the collective effort by all stakeholders at all levels will lead to success in fulfilling the concept, and that Czech librarianship will flourish!

The development concept is available at https://ipk.nkp.cz/.

Source of the opening image: Esther Chilcutt from Pixabay

They have a new helper in the Prague library: a self-service return machine

Saving time, facilitating work, serviceability during the entire opening hours of the library – these are just a few of many other benefits, which was brought to the Municipal Library in Prague by a self-service return machine with a sorting line, supplied by our company. Its operation is simple and very fast – after reading reader’s ID card, the reader inserts the book into the marked slot and after recognizing the book, the machine moves it itself to the appropriate box with a “floating bottom” – when loaded, the bottom gradually decreases, thus ensuring safe handling of returned documents. The librarians then move the boxes to the library and put its content to their places on the appropriate shelves, and the documents are again available to readers.

Installing the self-service return machine is further part of the project of the Municipal Library in Prague focused on the installation of RFID devices (see the article “The largest installation of RFID technologies in libraries in the Czech Republic”). By automating the work, librarians gain more time for personal communication with readers and other necessary activities.

Video report about the self-service return machine (source iDNES Tv):

Beautiful Easter!

We wish you to live it in peace, quiet, health and in the circle of your loved ones! Happy spring holidays!

Return boxes in “Coronatime”

The Palacký University in Olomouc demonstrated us the versatile use of our return boxes for books. The Palacký University has become one of the collection points, where people can left needled cotton drapes. They hand them over to the return box, and university library staff distributes the drapes to the places, where it is needed. We are very pleased with this initiative and we are glad, that even in these difficult times people can help each other.

Nowadays, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, it is more necessary than ever to handle books without personal contact between library staff and readers. For these purposes, we recommend using our products – Remotelocker reservation facility or return boxes for books. Since this is truly a state of emergency, we offer delivery of these products to all interested parties in a shorten time. If you are interested in any of them, please contact us at firma@cosmotron.cz.

In the next days we wish you good health and a lot of patience!

The largest installation of RFID technologies in libraries in the Czech Republic

At the end of 2018 our company won a public contract entitled “Purchase of RFID Technology for the Municipal Library in Prague”. The contract included delivery and installation of a solution to simplify the processes of borrowings and returns of any documents or medias and their security at 40 branches of the largest municipal library in the country. Last year, the first part of the order was completed – more than 300 RFID workstations were delivered and installed, 40 self-service selfchecks for borrowings and returns of documents, 40 security gateways, a return machine for books with a sorting line, Smart Bookshelf for automated book returning, RFID chips etc.

This large and significant installation continues in 2020, when another RFID devices will be installed. RFID is a modern technology with very practical features and it is a useful tool for library users and staff alike. Thanks to RFID installation, librarians have more time to communicate with readers and for other activities.

The Municipal Library in Prague made a video for its readers about how easy self-service borrowing works. Look at it!