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Volume/Issue/Review Month Vol. - VII | Issue I | January - June
Title Library Management : A Study on the Applications of RFID
Authors Dr. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya
Broad area Library Management : A Study on the Applications of RFID
Abstract
By applying Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and automating some of the cumbersome library
transactions processes, the library staffs can be retrained to be more productive for the library cause by acting as
an initial ‘search engine’. This will greatly help the users of any library, especially in the education sectors.
This paper argues that RFID technology can be effectively used in the library system while making it obviously
easier for both the users as well as the library staff to issue and receive library-materials by just tagging it. It also
identifies important issues in the implementation of the RFID systems. Some of the issues that need to be addressed
in the implementation stages of the RFID include:
  • Health Issues concerning frequent exposures to radio frequencies.
  • Return-on-Investment in case the library goes in for RFID systems.
  • Changing the mindset of the library staff to become potential search engines
DOI The technology revolution in the late nineties has had profound impact in the way we think and work today. The trend is that technology is being developed for a particular application and the same technology is being rechanneled in other areas to improve
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