The BBK Mediateka installs automatic lockers for the pickup and drop-off of loans

Continuing with the updating of its services, the BBK Mediateka will install new equipment this quarter that will allow the pick-up, reservation and return of books and audiovisual material. These are automatic lockers for the pick-up and drop-off of books, which can be operated directly with the Az Card, without the need for a new card.

The user will be able to return the material on loan, pick-up the loan or the reservation made by identifying him/ herself with the AZ card in a similar way to how it is done in the self-checkout machines. Periodically, the Mediateka team will withdraw the dropped-off books and replace the loans and reserves already withdrawn to accommodate the subsequent demands. This modular system, pioneer in the state, will have, in this first phase, three locker modules, one for each operation, and with lockers of different sizes, depending on the type of support to be deposited in them. It will have a central screen, similar to the self-loan devices already in use in the Mediateka, which facilitates the identification and execution of any of the active operations for the identified user. The modularity of the system will allow, depending on the service's use, its future expansion for the most requested operations. This new service will be located near the Mediateka's entrance. In this way, these operations can be carried out during the center's opening hours, every day of the week, without the need for the Mediateka to be open. With regard to the use of this new service, the Mediateka will prepare a small user guide and will inform users directly about its use in the first weeks of its start-up.