Items checked out from the University Libraries also can be returned using the remoteLocker. By following touchscreen directions including ID card swipe, a user can drop an item for return into a secure bin slot. The slot unlocks automatically, confirmed when a white light bar below it is lit. Once the item lands in the bin, it is considered returned. Library employees check the bin regularly so returned items can be made available again for borrowing.
Penn State students and employees may request items for delivery to the remoteLocker and can retrieve them — or select browsable leisure reading titles viewable through windowed lockers — by swiping their Penn State ID card, following instructions on the touchscreen and retrieving each item from a locker door that opens automatically. Retrieved items are then checked out to the user and a printed receipt is available to be retrieved in the black slot below the touchscreen.
The Robert E. Eiche Library remoteLocker, located on the third floor Penn Building, includes a touchscreen with clear, step-by-step directions for retrieving and returning library items. Penn State students and employees only need to bring their Penn State ID cards with them for secure checkouts and returns.
The remoteLocker system managed by Penn State University Libraries’ Robert E. Eiche Library is on Penn Building’s third floor of Penn State Altoona’s Downtown Campus, directly across from the building’s rear entrance elevator.
Penn State University Libraries’ faculty librarians at the Robert E. Eiche Library found a creative way to bring library materials to hundreds of students and employees at Penn State Altoona’s downtown campus.
