We have always required a PIN to use self service machines as it's the only way to be sure that people can't pick up somebody else's card they may find lying around and borrow books on it.
Steve
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Steve Campbell
Library Systems Manager
The John Rylands University Library
The University of Manchester
Tel: 0161 200 4949
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> Swansea University has been using RFID self-service since the
> beginning of the academic year without requiring users to
> enter PINs, but some staff wish to consider turning PINs on.
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> I'm wondering what other peoples' views are on the pros and
> cons of PINs, particularly in HE. Do you use them, and, if
> so, do they create significant difficulties? Did you start
> using them and subsequently turn them off, or vice-versa, and why?
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