{"id":346,"date":"2017-02-14T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=346"},"modified":"2020-06-11T09:24:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:24:33","slug":"check-out-books-using-your-mobile-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/check-out-books-using-your-mobile-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out books using your mobile device!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we started a pilot project to try out the meeScan self-serve checkout system. This system allows you to use the camera in your phone or tablet to scan in and checkout a book. You then use the meeScan station to demagnetize the book, and you\u2019re all done!<\/p>\n<p>In HSSL our meeScan station is located in the course reserves room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0206.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0206-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0206-500x277.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The purpose of this pilot is for us to get feedback from our patrons on this service, what they like about it, what needs to be improved etc. So if you are someone who likes trying out new things, why not give it a try and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find complete instructions, including an instructional video, on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/article\/meescan-trial\">meeScan trial page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To send us your feedback on the meeScan service, use our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/contact\/askus\/suggestionform\">Suggestion Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we started a pilot project to try out the meeScan self-serve checkout system. This system allows you to use the camera in your phone or tablet to scan in and checkout a book. You then use the meeScan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/check-out-books-using-your-mobile-device\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}