Lisa,
Not quite what you were asking for, but: we place our unlocking mechanism outside the security barriers, so that readers have to have issued the material before they can even get to the unlocking, or else they will set off the alarms.
HTH. Best wishes,
Alan
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>discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lisa Foggo
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:04 AM
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>Subject: Self-issue machines for a/v material
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>Dear all,
>
>At the University of York we are looking at self-issue machines that
>make issuing a prolock case containing a DVD or CD to the user
>compulsory first, before then allowing the prolock case to be opened.
>Does anyone know of such a machine and where it could be supplied
>from?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Lisa
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