Re: PDA with Innopac?

["Alfred Kraemer" <akraemer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The comments about PDAs are interesting and highlight some of the potential
advantages of using
PDAs with Innopac. When I heard a news story -a week before Christmas- about
a sales clerk in a posh department store who used a PDA to capture credit
card information from shoppers, it occurred to me that PDAs should be able
to replace hand-held scanners. It would certainly be much cheaper to equip a
PDA with a barcode reading device than to purchase a complete hand-held
scanner.
For those of you that are more savvy with PDAs: Can currently available PDAs
be equipped with barcode reading wands/guns?

Alfred Kraemer
Head, Technical Services
Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Phone: 414-456-4273
E-Mail: akraemer@xxxxxxxxxx



----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Gowing <cgowing@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx>; <vancuram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: PDA with Innopac?


> the explanation at ALA just mentioned the use of PDAs at a staffed circ.
> points; I have not seen any specs on what model Palm Pilot is supported,
or
> whether other PDAs will work.  The staff member checks out the materials,
> the patron points their PDA at a small device on the staff PC, the staff
> initiates an information transfer to the PDA; the title and checkout date
is
> inserted into the PDA calendar, with an automatic alert at 16 hrs prior to
> due date.
>
> At the discussion on the development of the 'My WebPAC' features, it was
> mentioned that it may be possible to also download exported and/or saved
> searches into a PDA.   I think this is still in discussion stages, rather
> than active development?
>
>
> Cheryl Gowing
> Coordinator,
> Knowledge Access Mgmt Division
> Richter Library
> University of Miami
> Coral Gables, FL 33124
>
> Phone:  305-284-4726
> Fax:   305-665-7352
> Email:  cgowing@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Ann Van Cura [SMTP:vancuram@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 4:29 PM
> To: INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: PDA with Innopac?
>
> I can call III, but am wondering if anyone out there knows how this
> works.
>
> Is the Palm Pilot used with self-checkout?   What version of the
> Palm Pilot works?   What type of connection is needed?
>
> Mary Ann
>
> >>> Regina Beach <rlbeach1@xxxxxxxxxx> 02/04 5:57 PM >>>
> Yep, heard from our III salesperson that you can check out with palm
> pilot
> now.
>
> Regina Beach
> Head, Library Information Technology
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> 501-569-8813
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hope, Ben (OD/ORS) <hopeb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 2:28 PM
> Subject: PDA with Innopac?
>
>
> > I use my 3Com Palm Pilot every day and find new uses for it all
> the time.
> I was
> > wondering if any Library currently uses or is planning to use
> PDA's to
> > accomplish any Innopac related activities?  Does anyone know if
> Innovative
> is
> > making any plans to incorporate PDA's into the software?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >  (} Ben Hope,  The TALLGUY
> > /||\ Senior Systems Analyst
> >  || National Institutes of Health Library
> >  /\ Tallguy@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 6'7" http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/
> >
> >
>