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Supermarket installs E-Branch Library
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Supermarket installs E-Branch, RFID sites in Amry Riley Styles Public Library, Lyon University, France and Stokholm University, Sweden. Equipment installed.
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Supermarket becomes a virtual branch library
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Press Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - August 8, 2000
 Clemens Markets, Harleysville, Penn., has added high-tech library services to the store's offerings by adding an e-Branch Library kiosk distributed by
3M Corporation. The e-Branch Library was purchased and placed by the Indian Valley Public Library, Telford, Penn., to allow customers easier access to a wealth
of information and to connect with their local library.
The e-Branch Library, manufactured by PlK Inc. and distributed by 3M, operates as an interactive, computer
workstation providing numerous services available through the local public library to a remote, convenient location, where users are not required to have library cards. High traffic areas
such as supermarkets, shopping malls, youth centers and hospitals are examples of eBranch Library locations. "We're thrilled to have the E-Branch Library in our store. With a lot of
supermarkets and retail malls in the area, the kiosk serves as a point of differentiation for us and offers many benefits to our customers," says Rick Sammaritano, store director of
Clemens Markets in Harleysville, Penn. The Harleysville store is the first in the Pennsylvania-based supermarket chain to offer the technology to the community. "It allows
customers to access a variety of information and connect with the local library, which is on the other side of the county. Customers can access select Web sites, including the Clemens
Markets site, and local school information. There are all kinds of benefits," says Sammaritano. The e-Branch Library is seven-feet-high and comprised of a PC, scanner, fax machine, printer
and telephone that establishes a fast, easy and efficient connection between a library and community members - all at no cost. Users do not need to have a library card to use the kiosk;
however, access to certain licensed databases is restricted to only library card holders. The eBranch Library allows grocery shoppers quick, touch screen access to current events, the
library's Web site, medical and health information databases, government and educational services, investment information, tax forms, various newspapers and magazines, college
financial aid information, employment information and more. Only the library's licensed databases require a patron card. The library customizes the kiosk to fit the needs of the public it serves.
According to Karen Eckman, 3M Library Systems, the e-Branch Library instantaneously puts a
library's wealth of information into the hands of the growing, technologically savvy public. "We expect more libraries and their community partners, such as Clemens Markets, to capitalize on
e-Branch Library technology. It's a simple way for a business and a public library to deliver more value to their customers," says Eckman.
'3M Library Systems believes the e-Branch Library is a patron recruitment tool for libraries.
Strategically placed kiosks help libraries recruit new patrons, especially those who may not have time or transportation to visit the library building on a regular basis, or those who don't realize how
their local library has changed in terms of delivering information faster than ever through the use of electronic communications.
Indian Valley Public Library funded their e-Branch Library through a grant from the Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA). LSTA provides federal/state funds to libraries to encourage them to develop programs that provide information access through technology and
information empowerment through special services. LSTA grants are funded through individual states by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
For more information about the e-Branch Library or the full line of 3M Materials Flow Management products, visit www.3M.com/library.
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Mary Ripley Styles Public Library installs 3M RFID
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Press release: August 13, 2000
3M Library Systems, the global leader in Materials Flow Management products for libraries for
nearly 30 years, announced today that Mary Riley Styles Public Library in Falls Church, Virginia, will integrate the 3M™ Digital Identification System into its facility.
3M Digital ID Collection Management, based on radio frequency identification technology, is
designed to optimize collection management, thus improving staff efficiency and enhancing patron service. The library's decision to use the technology is grounded in its mission to provide
superior public library services to the citizens of Falls Church and surrounding communities, including the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
"We selected the system because of the benefits it will bring to staff and customers. We're very
interested in the time-savings benefits — staff will be able to spend less time doing routine tasks and can spend more time serving customers," says Mary McMahon, library director, Mary Riley
Styles Public Library.
"Customers will benefit from finding shelves that are in better order, and staff will be able to better
help customers find what they're looking for."
Additionally, McMahon believes 3M Digital ID Collection Management will bring significant
cost-savings to the library by reducing the time spent on laborious tasks such as shelf reading, checking in materials, looking for reserve books, and conducting inventory and weeding.
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Lyon and Stockholm Universities to install RFID
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Press release: August 13, 2000
3M Library Systems, the global leader in Materials Flow Management products for libraries for
nearly 30 years, announces today that the University of Lyon, France and Stockholm University, Sweden will integrate the 3M™ Digital Identification System into their libraries.
3M Digital ID Collection Management, based on radio frequency identification technology, is
designed to optimize collection management, thus improving staff efficiency and enhancing patron service.
Lyon, France is the seat of The University of Lyon, known as one of the most important
educational centers outside Paris. The University of Lyon will install the 3M Digital Identification System in the Universite Lyon 3, Library Droit Gestion, which houses approximately 25,000 volumes.
Stockholm University, founded in 1878, is one of the largest universities in Sweden with
33,000 students. It is the first university in the world to be located within the boundaries of a National City Park and will be one of the first facilities in Europe to integrate the 3M Digital
Identification System in a library. The library has a collection of 2.5 million volumes.
This month, the library will begin marking a portion of its collection with 3M™ Digital Identification
Tags. Each tag includes a tiny antennae and memory chip that stores information about the item it marks. The tags are "rewriteable" so a library doesn't have to purchase new ones every time
there is a need to change information about an item. By early fall, the library will be operational with the following:
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3M equipment installed in RFID libraries
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3M™ Digital Library Assistant (DLA). The DLA is a hand-held device that reduces the amount
of time needed to manage time-consuming routine tasks, like finding lost items, properly shelving items and taking inventory.
3M™ Digital SelfCheck™ System. With the SelfCheck system, patrons can check out their
own materials without the assistance of library staff. The system requires no line of sight to "read" information from the Digital ID tag and will process both bar coded and digital ID items.
Two 3M™ Digital Staff Workstations. The workstation allows staff to resensitize and discharge materials quickly and efficiently. The workstation can process multiple items at the
same time, combines item scanning and security into one operation and can perform bar code to digital ID conversions for new acquisitions and smaller portions of a collection.
As a complement to 3M Digital ID Collection Management, the libraries will use 3M
Tattle-Tape™ Security Strips to ensure the security of its collection. Tattle-Tape strips are covert and nearly impossible to find and remove.
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