[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFID

[Brandon W. Uhlman]

A handful of libraries, with varying metrics, in the Sitka consortium  
use RFID - I think all use 3M equipment. At least one libraries has  
gates, self-check terminals (checkout only - no checkin), and reader  
pads at staff workstations.

The 3M pads have a desktop app that switches the pad between  
'sensitizing' and 'desensitizing' (to use the old Tattle-Tape terms)  
modes; they set it up to use the same keypresses as the checkin and  
checkout keyboard shortcuts for the staff client, so the task doesn't  
need to be duplicated. One thing they have to remember is to force the  
change from sensitizing to desensitizing (or vice versa) by using the  
appropriate keypress to reload the window in the staff client if  
switching tabs or loading new windows using a mouse or menu action.

To the best of my knowledge, they have not reported any other  
RFID-specific problems.

~B

Quoting Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>:

> Me too!  I think we've asked this question a few times and gotten very
> essentially no responses.  That said, someone somewhere reported using 3M
> RFID (tags?  security gates?  staff stations?  self check-out?
>  self-checkin?  sorters?)
>
> Come out, come out wherever you are!
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Jesse Ephraim
> <jephraim at roanoketexas.com>wrote:
>
>> I would be very interested in that information, too.
>>
>> Jesse Ephraim
>>
>> Director, Roanoke Public Library
>> 308 S. Walnut
>> Roanoke, Texas 76262
>> (817) 491-2691
>> jephraim at roanoketexas.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
>> Lin Light
>> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:18 PM
>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFID
>>
>> I need do ask who is using RFID and what vendor are you using.
>> We are looking at our branch of 45,000 items but with a circ close to
>> 300K.
>>
>> Lin
>>
>>
>> Lin Light
>> Head of Computer
>>  & Technical Services
>> Herrick District Library
>> 300 South River Ave.
>> Holland, MI 49423
>> Voice 616-355-3727
>> Fax   616-355-1426
>>
>>
>



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Brandon W. Uhlman
President, Lillooet-Camelsfoot TV and Radio Association
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