[LINK] Re: RFID in Govt, and in People

[Geoff Ramadan]

Marghanita

An excellent example of the value add RFID can bring.

I had exactly the same problem at my local library the other day... I knew the 
book number, but could not find it.

Reg
Geoffrey Ramadan


Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Geoff Ramadan wrote:
>> The cost in doing this would be prohibitive if you wanted to track 
>> everyone.
>>
>> If you want to walk around with a reader, you could do it.. but I see 
>> little practical value for the cost.
> 
> It isn't the primary purpose it is the side effect. Say I go into the 
> library and look for a book. I can't find it, so I ask the librarian who 
> obligingly says they will "look" for it as it isn't out on loan.
> 
> This is the same system they use for stocktakes....though I am not sure 
> how exactly that application will work. Maybe the concept will cease to 
> exist. Books will either be present in the library or not.
> 
> Marghanita
> 
>> Geoffrey Ramadan
>>
>>
>> Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>
>>> Geoff Ramadan wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> The ability to track who has/had what book(s) can be currently be 
>>>> done via
>>>> computer. RFID has no part to play in this.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> Picking up on someone else's point about reading books anonymously in
>>> the library.
>>>
>>> RFID will let you locate a book in the library....sitting on the 
>>> wrong shelf or on the trolley waiting to be shelved could be 
>>> desirable but identifying someone reading it may not 
>>> be....particularly to a third party.
>>>
>>> M
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