Tech Logic and Smarte Carte Bring a Higher Standard for Library Holds Pickup Lockers

We're thrilled to announce a new partnership between Tech Logic Corporation and Smarte Carte, Inc! With this partnership, Tech Logic and Smarte Carte are setting a higher standard for holds pickup lockers in the library industry. This is the next chapter for Tech Logic’s selfCIRC LOCKER solution, with Tech Logic and Smarte Carte providing their specific expertise to develop the strongest software/hardware combination in the industry for library staff and patrons.

Come and see the new selfCIRC LOCKER in action (and unlock a prize!) from Tech Logic’s booth #615 at PLA 2026 in Minneapolis! After the show, we'll update this post with more info and pictures.

Tech Logic provides library-centered software design for selfCIRC LOCKER, calling on over 25 years of experience providing solutions exclusively for libraries. Through direct ILS integration, Tech Logic’s selfCIRC LOCKER workflow keeps the library’s ILS in charge. Communicating automatically with selfCIRC LOCKER, the library’s ILS automatically applies circulation rules, item status updates, checkout, due dates, and patron notifications at just the right time. 

Tim Granquist, COO for Tech Logic, explained Tech Logic’s continued investment in the library’s locker workflow: “Libraries have been quick to adopt lockers as an efficient, economical, and desirable self-service point for library patrons. If libraries are heavily invested in the locker’s workflow, it only makes sense that their workflow automation vendor should be as well.”

On the hardware side, Smarte Carte serves as the development and support expert for selfCIRC LOCKER, bringing more than fifty years of hardware design experience and more than thirty years of operating lockers at scale. Smarte Carte supports more than 3,400 locations across multiple industries around the globe. With lockers deployed in every climate, indoors and outdoors, the company’s hardware designs and support models ensure consistent performance, long-term durability, and ease of service in real-world conditions. 

Smarte Carte locker systems are deployed in major airports worldwide and in other high-traffic destination environments where reliability and throughput are essential. These locations routinely handle extremely high transaction volumes in public-facing environments, operating continuously with no tolerance for downtime.

“When lockers are operating at that level of volume and visibility, there is no margin for failure,” said Lila Langsford, Senior Marketing Manager at Smarte Carte. “That experience shapes how we design, build, and support every locker system. With a selfCIRC LOCKER system, libraries will benefit directly from hardware proven in some of the most demanding environments in the world.”

We're immensely excited for this partnership. If you have any questions about selfCIRC LOCKER, or you want to hear more about the library-centered workflow, please contact us!

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Tech Logic connects libraries with their communities through dynamic, innovative, and efficient workflow technologies—delivering unparalleled service and outstanding patron experience. Since 1997, we have worked exclusively with libraries to develop solutions that empower library patrons and staff.