1 / 7

RFID implementation in a multi-branch system

RFID implementation in a multi-branch system. Susanna Aakko, Helsinki Ewa Helgesson, Göteborg Public Libraries. RFID for beginners. HelMet RFID report 2006 Compiling information Meeting Finnish vendors Library visist (Nacka, Silkeborg and Kgs. Lyngby) Contents of the report What is RFID?

kimberley-curry
Download Presentation

RFID implementation in a multi-branch system

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. RFID implementation in a multi-branch system Susanna Aakko, Helsinki Ewa Helgesson, Göteborg Public Libraries

  2. RFID for beginners • HelMet RFID report 2006 • Compiling information • Meeting Finnish vendors • Library visist (Nacka, Silkeborg and Kgs. Lyngby) • Contents of the report • What is RFID? • RFID in libraries • RFID in HelMet Libraries: How could we use RFID? Should we use RFID? • Decided to wait • Would be a big project • Selfcheck devices already in use • Estimate costs and possible time scale 2009

  3. RFID is an option • Radio Frequency Identification • Identify objects by using barcode or by using RFID (circulation, inventory etc.) • Detect thefts by using electro-magnetic stripes or by using RFID • You can also use RFID in library cards • Hardware standards, standards for data, tag quality • RFID is more complicated technology

  4. Products • RFID tag = chip + antenna • read/write or read only, passive or active • Conversion station • RFID reader (antenna),13.56 MHz • self-check devices • staff workstations • portable readers for inventory etc. • security gates • Integration with library system • Item status API (sensitization status)

  5. Investing in RFID (by 3M) • Why to invest in RFID? • Customer satisfaction, faster and more accurate service • Staff procuctivity and satisfaction, opportunities for enhanced services • Staff health, reduced handling of items • Financial responsibility • Whyt to wait? • Privacy concerns – limits of technology • Expense – waiting for price drops vs. immediate cost savings • Disruption – conversion can be painless

  6. RFID in HelMet Libraries? • What’s the goal? • check-out, check-in and hold pickup at any branch • > 60 branches • > 200 selfcheck devices • > 3 800 000 items • What do we need? • Estimation of costs and realistic time scale • Very good project plan • Learning from other libraries, RFIDLab Finland and RFID vendors

  7. RFID Live Experiences • RFID implementation in Göteborg public library – Ewa Helgesson • RFID implementation in Chalmers University of Technology Library – Kerstin Brütte

More Related