Library Watch
The Application of Mobile Self-Service Book Circulation in Libraries

At present, with the rapid development of information technology, libraries in China have developed more new models of book circulation, especially on the intelligent mobile terminal, which can realize the borrowing and returning of books, online book selection, ordering and borrowing, book referral etc..

 

1. Mobile Check-out Service

Readers can borrow and return books by their mobile phones after binding their readers' cards with the self-service checkout APPs (such as NFC client, SHUWO APP, customized mobile library, Smart Library APP, etc.), the WeChat platform, WeChat campus cards and other ways.

 

2. Credit Book Borrowing

The Library Credit Service solves the “borrowing-deposit problem” and can also be used in many ways such as overdue liquidated damages, readers' borrowing quantity, utilization of library resources, facilities and services and participation in reader activities.

 

3. Book Referral

Books can be easily circulated among readers through the book referral system without returning to the library.

 

4. Book lending Online & Book Delivery Service

Through the access of library online lending platform and the WeChat or Alipay "borrowing" or Zhima Credit "borrowing" function, readers can borrow books online, and these selected items will be delivered to their home by express.

 

5. Mobile Book Borrowing and Purchasing

In recent years, many libraries have cooperated with Xinhua Bookstore to provide "You Read, I Pay" service. When readers find their favorite books in the bookstore, they can borrow them through the library's borrowing operation platform in the bookstore and then take them away for free, and return them to the library after reading them.