Introduction
| Radio
Frequency Identification or RFID is a material
identification system that uses radio frequency and microchip
technologies to provide the ability to track items suitably equipped
from a distance without a line of sight.
In the context of a library it provides the ability to give a unique
identifer to library items in a manner analogous to that of barcode
labeling which allows a library to track a particular item's
status. Many larger libraries are adopting this technology or are actively planning to do so. This site will investigate RFID in the context of libraries and its application therein. |
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| item sorting through RFID at the Seattle Public Library |
Prepared for LIBR 500: : Foundations of Information Technology
November 1, 2007