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The Ceridwen Self Issue Client software can provide library users with the ability to check out books to themselves rather than relying on a staffed circulation desk. It presents a graphical interface to the library user and communicates with the back-end library system via a network. The ... [More] Ceridwen Self Issue Client software is Java based and supports any library system running the 3M SIP protocol (SIP2). It can also work with barcode readers and JavaCard compatible RFID readers. Whilst it can be made to work with security systems, it has a special Trust mode for libraries without a security system who just wish to allow their patrons to record when they have taken a book. It can also be configured to automatically run in an offline backup mode when the library system is unavailable. [Less]

The Ceridwen Self Issue Client uses 3M SIP version 2 (Standard Interchange Protocol, developed by 3M for library self issue) to communicate with a suitable 3M SIP enabled library system. 3M SIP is an industry standard protocol for patron checkout of library materials. The Ceridwen 3M SIP ... [More] Circulation Library for Java is an Open Source (GPL v3) implementation of the 3M SIP version 2 protocol (SIP2). It includes both client and server implementations and support both telnet and socket based communications. [Less]