S’pore beefs up library borrowing system

CNet Asia reports on a project in Singapore.
The National Library Board (NLB), which manages Singapore’s 40 public libraries, has beefed up its IT infrastructure with new Web-enabled terminals to provide enhanced security features and easy management.

The deployment encompasses new “borrowing” kiosks which sport built-in cameras that capture the faces of library users while they check out their loans. Installed at six library branches since last December, the kiosk will enable library officials to resolve disputes based on images it captures, explained Kuan Sung, NLB’s infocomm operations manager.