User's Manual
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Systemoverview
The3M
TM
IntelligentReturnandSorterSystemenableslibrarypatronstoreturnitemsunassistedbylibrarystaff.Thesystem
communicateswithyourILStoperformcheck-inproceduresthatwouldotherwisebeperformedbyalibrarian,andcanbe
configuredtosortreturnedmaterialsbasedoninformationprovidedbythecirculationsystem.Anofflinemodeisusedwhen
thelibrary’sautomatedcirculationsystemisunavailable,andcommunicationsaresupportedoverthelibrary’slocalarea
network(LAN)using3MStandardInterfaceProtocol(SIP)2.0withextensionsforsortation.
Thesystemcanbeconfiguredtouseoneortworadio-frequencyidentification(RFID)readerstoidentifyRFID-tagged
itemsbeingcheckedintothelibrary.Withtheoptionalbarcodescanner,thesystemcanalsobeconfiguredtousebarcode
informationwithorwithoutRFID.Thesystemsendsiteminformationtothelibrary’scirculationsystemtoperforman
immediatecheck-intransaction,securestheitem’sRFIDtagor3M
TM
Tattle-Tape
TM
SecurityStrip(EM),andthensortsthe
itemtotheproperlocation.
3Msystemscanreadmostbarcodeformatsusedbylibrariesaroundtheworld.TheIntelligentReturnandSorterSystem
barcodescannercanbeconfiguredtoreadseveraldifferentbarcodeformatsatonetime.Thesystemsupports18different
barcodeformats,whichcanbeconfiguredtoenablethesystemtoreadyourlibrarybarcodes.
The3M
TM
IntelligentReturnandSorterSystemisamodularsystem.Modularcomponentsdescribedinthismanualinclude:
•InductionSystemModel2822—Thissystemisdesignedspecificallyforinstallationinanexteriorwall,enablingpatrons
tocheck-inandreturnlibraryitemsfromoutsidethelibrarybuilding.
•InductionSystemModel2820—Thissystemisdesignedspecificallyforinstallationinaninteriorwall,enablingpatrons
tocheck-inandreturnlibraryitems,unassistedbystaff,insidethelibrarybuilding.
•SorterSystemModel2840(SL)—Thissortersystemisanoptionalunitthatenablesunassisted3–waysortingof
returneditems.
•StandardBinModel2899—Thisfour-wheelsortbinisequippedwithaspring-supportedfloorthatreducesthedistance
betweenthesorterconveyorandthebinfloor,reducingexcesswearonlibraryitems.
ThisOwner’ sManualcontainssafetyinformation,machinespecifications,commonlyusedprocedures,andotherinformation
usefulintheday-to-dayoperationsoflibrarystaff.
Pleasetaketimetoreadthismanual.Itwillhelpyouunderstandhowyoursystemworks.Keepitaccessiblewhenthesystem
isinuse.Itwillserveasareferenceguidewhenquestionsarise.
Introducingthesystemtolibrarystaffandpatrons
Theintroductionofaself-servicesystemfundamentallychangesthematerialflowwithinthelibrary.Therefore,3Mstrongly
recommendsthatalllibrarypersonnelbeinvolvedduringthepreparationphase.3Mrecommendsusingthisguidefor
periodictrainingsessionswithlibrarystaff.
Althoughthesystemisdesignedforintuitiveuse,3Mrecommendsthatyourstaffshouldbepreparedtoassistlibrary
patronsduringsystemintroduction.
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Preliminary