Rfid in Libraries: A Step Toward Interoperability (Library Technology Reports, July 2012) - Softcover

Ayre, Lori Bowen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838958605 ISBN 13: 9780838958605

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2012

Synopsis

Library Technology Reports (vol. 48 no.5) "RFID in Libraries: A Step toward Interoperability" by Lori Bowen Ayre explains how RFID works for identification, security, and materials handling. It helps readers evaluate the costs and benefits of implementation. NISO recently approved a new standard for RFID which holds potential for interoperability. This issue of Library Technology Reports provides background on the evolution of the standard and discusses issues for libraries and their vendors in migrating to the new standards.

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About the Author

Lori Bowen Ayre specializes in automated materials handling (AMH), open source library system software, and RFID. Her company, The Galecia Group, serves library clients coast-to-coast from Washington State (King County Library System) to the East Coast (Massachusetts Library System). Ayre was first published on the topic of RFID in 2005 when she authored Wireless Tracking in the Library: Benefits, Threats, and Responsibilities in RFID-Applications, Security and Privacy (Addison Wesley). Most recently, Ayre co-authored Label-Less Library Logistics: Implementing Labor-Saving Practices in Massachusetts High-Volume Resource Sharing System which appears in Collaborative Librarianship, 2011(3).

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838958605
• ISBN 13: 9780838958605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38