| dc.description.abstract | Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) allows an item, (i.e. library book) to
be tracked and communicated with by using radio waves. There are
several methods of identification, but the most common is to store a serial
number that identifies a person or object, and perhaps other information,
on a microchip that is attached to an antenna. In a library environment,
RFlD technology resembles a traditional barcode system in that it provides
a means of assigning an ID to an item and reading that ID to perform
circulation transactions or to take inventory. Introducing RFID, a library is
able to identify and locate even the most remotely out of place item and
helps to speed inventory process, and enhances the customer experience
by increasing product availability and delivering faster checkouts. This
allows the library to improve its circulation and inventory control, which
helps to optimize the allocation of labour and financial resources. Self-service
checkout and check-in are enjoying greater and greater acceptance
at libraries around the world. With no special item orientations required or
scan line to find customers enjoy an extremely high self- service success
rate. So our libraries can further increase the number of customers who
use this time- and labour-saving technology. The driver for today's libraries
to adopt RFlD is the need to increase efficiency and reduce cost.
Automation and self-service can help libraries of all sizes toward achieving
these aims, and RFlD has the added advantage that it can also provide
security for the range of different media on offer in libraries. | en_US |
