Brian Williamson
Staff Writer

Westford Academy has implemented a new system for keeping track of text books by using a book scanner. “You plug the scanner into the computer and scan the bar coded books,” said assistant principal Adam Goldberg.

The process was a group effort.

“Volunteer parents coded the books,” Goldberg said.

Goldberg says how much he loves the book scanners, and how well they have worked.

The scanners are “incredibly effective, easy to use, very time efficient, and are also fun to use,” says Goldberg.

Eventually, all teachers and classrooms will have book scanners and use them regularly.

The new scanners will effect how WA confronts the problem of lost or stolen books.

“At the end of the year we will be able to see which ones are still out and who the owners of the books are,” said Goldberg.

There haven’t been any major problems getting the scanners up and running.

“Up to this point the scanners have been working fairly well,” said Goldberg. “for what you would expect for glitches. It’s just a learning curve.”