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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It looks like my library may finally join the RFID world. We currently have 1 self-check machine that we use via barcode scanner; it is RFID enabled so we can use it once we
do the conversion of tags. We will not be getting any additional self-checks, security gates or an automated material handler/sorter at this time. We simply want quicker checkout/in with RFID and easier inventory control with a handheld scanner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I have quotes from 3M and MK Solutions. In the Midwest, 3M is the main provider so it is hard to find libraries that can give feedback on using MK. Have any of you used MK
Solutions? If so, was your experience positive or negative? Do you recommend them? Likewise for 3M? Anybody with experience with BOTH companies?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also, big news if you haven’t heard yet,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Bibliotheca<span class="apple-converted-space"> acquired 3M Libraries (</span></span>http://www.bibliotheca.com/3/index.php/en-us/enews-media/global-press-releases/529-bibliotheca-announces-significant-expansion-us<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">).
Can’t help but wonder how this will affect pricing and service as they transition.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Have a wonderful day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nyama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nyama Y. Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:n.marsh@wfblibrary.org">n.marsh@wfblibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">414-755-6551 (direct line)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Whitefish Bay Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5420 North Marlborough Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Whitefish Bay, WI 53217<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">414-964-4380 (main line)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"There are many ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." ~Jacqueline Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">“Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey.” ~</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">
Charles Lauer</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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