What are Circulation Solutions?

Whether you are a single library with annual circulation in the thousands or a multi-library system with circulation in the millions, our solutions can help you streamline and optimize the flow of materials through your library. Our Solutions involve patrons in circulation tasks, allowing them to self checkout and return items, as well as pay fines. They desensitize and resensitize security devices, and provide time-saving features designed to improve staff productivity and patron service.

 

How do Circulation Solutions work?

3M Circulation Solutions offer intuitive customer interfaces, with features such as an easy-to-use touchscreen and step-by-step instructions. An integrated scanner reads almost any barcode location on books, videos, magazines, CDs and DVDs, and desensitizes them to eliminate unwanted alarms. At return, materials are read immediately, and items can be instantly checked in and credited to the customer’s account, allowing popular items to be checked out more often.

 

Why you’ll love 3M Circulation Solutions.

Our Circulation Solutions simplify patron check-out, and help you quickly and accurately move collection materials in and out of the library, to provide patrons consistent access to a wide variety of materials. This frees up staff involvement, so they have more time to answer questions, find materials and manage other tasks.

As the inventor of self-checkout technology, more libraries use 3M SelfCheck Systems than any other vendor worldwide. Our solutions offer the ability to affordably upgrade to future technologies, and are easy-to-use for staff and patrons of all ages. Our self-service rates lead the industry, with first-time success at 100%. In addition, our solutions work with more Integrated Library Systems than any other vendor.