Surpass Self-Check is a success at Belwood Elementary School

By Alice Robertson, Media Specialist

Surpass Self-Check was a tremendous help in the media center!  It enabled us to assist students with selection of materials and gave the students the freedom to check-out and check-in their books. 

Our circulation increased due to having the system. The students loved using Surpass Self-Check.  Each child could check his/her account for books that were on loan and needed to be returned.  The kiosk gave them a warning sound if there was a problem during check-out.  This signaled the media center staff to come over and assist the child and let the child know that there was a problem.

Surpass Self-Check was an enormous time saver.  We were able to accomplish so many other things.  The students truly loved using the system and they took more responsibility for keeping up with their books and returning them on time.

Each student used their lunch number as their login.  We assisted each child the first week that the system was used.  There were minimal problems after the first week. The students had talked with other classes about the system, and they came into the media center excited about using the system and couldn’t wait to try it. 

The faculty and staff also enjoyed the convenience of the self-check kiosk.  They were able to come in to the media center and check out materials without assistance.  They were also able to track their account.

We were able to lengthen the lessons that were planned for the media center and devote our attention to the students needs since we had the self-check system. There were no lines during check-out. The students paced themselves adequately and checked-out as they were finished making their selections. 

I cannot say enough about the benefits of Surpass Self-Check.  I would highly recommend it to all school libraries.