Comments on: LIS08

By: neil maycock

neil maycock — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:51:10 +0000

we run a room booking software business, and use sms software as part of the package. It has been very successful. Didnt know about this conference though. Do you know of any more how do you advertise at these?

By: Owen Stephens

Owen Stephens — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:37:49 +0000

I agree – it was one every 30-40cms – it varies on the thickness of the stock – which I would guess would make the startup costs on the high side, certainly for a library of any size. If you factor in the cost of getting power and networking to each RFID reader…
I think the problem with RFID is that the readers don’t have a huge field, and also it is impossible to tell where the tags are within the field – so you need to get readers in very close proximity to the books to actually both read them and locate them with any accuracy.
However, it would give you real inventory control, and possibly if you do an annual inventory you might be able to see a ROI in a few years…

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:42:29 +0000

RFID readers three per meter seems excessive! I wonder if there’s some cheaper way to get the same results.
e.g. if you had RFID readers somehow mounted on book carts, and then some other kind of location technology keeping track of where the book carts were, you could be continuously keeping track of inventory just by wherever the book carts were roaming.