Self-checkout at Hodges Library

Library users can now check out their own library books from Hodges Library — without standing in line at the Public Services desk. Users can checkout books at the Meescan kiosk or from their mobile devices.

Self-checkout is available only at Hodges Library.

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Using the Kiosk

• Bring your books to the Meescan Kiosk, just outside the Medbery Makerspace (209 Hodges Library). 
• Pull up your library account. Use the kiosk screen to scan the barcode on the back of your VolCard ID (if you have a plastic ID card). If you have a digital VolCard, use the contactless reader to pull up your account using your smartphone, AppleWatch, or VolCard (if it has the contactless chip).
• Checkout the book. Lay the book on the flatbed unit to scan the book’s barcode and desensitize the security strip.
• You may opt to receive an email receipt.

Using the Mobile App

• Download the mobile app to your iOS or Android device. The app name is: UTLib-Checkout.
• Apps are available for:
  iOS
  Android 
• After downloading the app, login with your UT NetID and Password. through the campus Single Sign-On CAS. You’ll need to have Duo Mobile installed on your device.
• Use your camera to scan the barcode of the item you want to check out.