Rfid Based Library Management System
RFID based Library Management System
RFID Based Library Management System
Dhanalakshmi M, Uppala Mamatha
Abstract : Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new generation of Auto Identification and Data collection technology which helps to automate business processes and allows identification of large number of tagged objects like books, using radio waves. RFID based Library Management system (LMS) would allow fast transaction flow for the library and will prove immediate and long term benefits to library in traceability and security. The proposed system is based on UHF RFID readers, supported with antennas at gate and transaction sections, and library cards containing RFID-transponders which are able to electronically store information that can be read / written even without the physical contact with the help of radio medium. This paper presents the experiments conducted to set up RFID based LMS. 1. INTRODUCTION RFID technology is being implemented in a number of industries. Supply chain implementation is perhaps one of the most frequently mentioned applications of RFID tags and equipment. Retailers such as “Wal-Mart” and grocery stores such as “Albertson’s” have begun to make it mandatory for their suppliers to tag merchandise destined for their stores. There is, however, a key difference to the library’s inventory as compared to that of a warehouse or a retail outlet. In the warehouse and retail supply chain, goods come in and leave. Only occasionally are they returned. The retail sector is looking at RFID as a "throwaway" technology that hands an item to a customer which gets discarded. Yet the item wise unit cost of including an RFID tag is much more than the cost of printing a barcode on a package. In libraries, items are taken out and returned many times. Thus the same RFID tag is re-used many times. [1] The libraries across the globe started to use RFID to speed up the self check in/out processes, to control the theft and to ease the inventory
RFID Based Library Management System
Dhanalakshmi M, Uppala Mamatha
Abstract : Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new generation of Auto Identification and Data collection technology which helps to automate business processes and allows identification of large number of tagged objects like books, using radio waves. RFID based Library Management system (LMS) would allow fast transaction flow for the library and will prove immediate and long term benefits to library in traceability and security. The proposed system is based on UHF RFID readers, supported with antennas at gate and transaction sections, and library cards containing RFID-transponders which are able to electronically store information that can be read / written even without the physical contact with the help of radio medium. This paper presents the experiments conducted to set up RFID based LMS. 1. INTRODUCTION RFID technology is being implemented in a number of industries. Supply chain implementation is perhaps one of the most frequently mentioned applications of RFID tags and equipment. Retailers such as “Wal-Mart” and grocery stores such as “Albertson’s” have begun to make it mandatory for their suppliers to tag merchandise destined for their stores. There is, however, a key difference to the library’s inventory as compared to that of a warehouse or a retail outlet. In the warehouse and retail supply chain, goods come in and leave. Only occasionally are they returned. The retail sector is looking at RFID as a "throwaway" technology that hands an item to a customer which gets discarded. Yet the item wise unit cost of including an RFID tag is much more than the cost of printing a barcode on a package. In libraries, items are taken out and returned many times. Thus the same RFID tag is re-used many times. [1] The libraries across the globe started to use RFID to speed up the self check in/out processes, to control the theft and to ease the inventory
References: [1] Karen Coyle, “Management of RFID in Libraries” , Preprint version of article published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship, v. 31, n. 5, pp. 486-489 [2] www.wikipedia.org - Library [last accessed on 20/2/2009] [3] Psion Teklogix handheld reader manual – www.psionteklogix.com [last accessed on 20/2/2009] [4] Mercury 4 RFID reader manual – www.thingmagic.com [last accessed on 20/2/2009] [5] UHF RFID – Libraries taking the next step into the future – www.Adilam.com.au [last accessed on 20/2/2009] About Authors Ms. Dhanalakshmi M is working as a project engineer in embedded systems dept, CDAC Noida since 2005. She has done her Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Madras University, India and currently pursuing MBA at FMS, Delhi University, India. Her areas of interest include Software Programming, Embedded Systems, RFID Technology etc. Ms. Uppala Mamatha is working as a contract Engineer-I in embedded systems dept, CDAC Noida since 2007. She has done her Bachelors in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru technological University, India in the year 2007. Her areas of interest include java programming, Embedded Systems and RFID Technologies. 230