This is the machine I use to check out and return books. Two of the six machines have an English option, but after learning the routine I can use the ones that have only Danish.
To return books, press the correct button on the right, slide the book along the metal plate on the bottom. There is a slight opening just below the machine where the barcode is read. If the book is being held or needs to be returned to another library the message on the screen will instruct the patron to push the book through the slot below the screen. If it stays at this library the screen will show a message instructing the patron to put the book on the correct rolling cart (fiction, non-fiction, other). A receipt is printed at the end of the process.
To check out books, I press the correct button on the right and then put my library card/health card in the slot just in front of the screen. I type in my PIN, and then slide the book across the metal plate. When the library card is removed a receipt is printed.
This is one of about eight shelves filled with material that is on hold for a patron. An email or text message that contains a date and number is sent to the patron, who brings that information to the library and finds the book/dvd/game with the matching number.
The slips of paper sticking out of the books have the number in fairly large print and the rest of the information in smaller type, making it easy to locate the item.
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