Application of RFID in Libraries for Physical Information Security – A View
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Date
2006-02-02
Authors
Mulla, K R
Chandrashekara, M
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INFLIBNET Center
Abstract
New technologies have always been of interest for libraries, both for the potential of
increasing the quality of service and for improving efficiency of operations. In the era of
globalisation and liberalisation and with the advent of hi-technologies, the whale world has
been condensed in a very small frame. With enormous knowledge explosion, the need to
quench the thirst of information cannot be over emphasized. Barcode made inventory
tracking easier, but they have their disadvantages. For starts each barcode has to be read
in individually by the reader. If an entire well stocked information Centre needed to be
checked in to a computer, it could mean several hours of work. Furthermore, the basic
barcode is just a tag with data printed on it, and this data can’t be updated. Except, of course
by sticking another barcode over it. Where Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags
come in takes asset tracking to the next level, with smart intelligent tags embedded in the
package, the information on the tag can be scanned and updated automatically by readers.
RFID married with today’s enterprise resource planning solutions, may soon be the next
big thing in information management. The technology provides an automated method to
collect product or transaction information. The RFID system works using “smart” tags, with
inbuilt silicon chips that store data, a reader that scans information from the tags, and the
infrastructure to store and analyse the data. This present paper will give you an understanding
of how technology can impact on our libraries.
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Automation, Barcode, RFID, RFID-Tags, Radar, Antenna, Library Security, Information Technology, UPC