Introducing RFID at Middlesex University Learning Resources
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 January 2006
Abstract
Purpose
To describe the first year of the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) in Middlesex University Learning Resources.
Design/methodology/approach
The technology is explained in detail to set the scene. Information on the implementation is presented in chronological order.
Findings
Problems which would generally be applicable to other installations in these early days of the use of RFID in libraries are pointed out.
Practical implications
It is possible to implement RFID without too much lead time, although, had longer been available, some aspects would have gone more smoothly.
Originality/value
Contains valuable information for other libraries considering or intending to introduce RFID.
Keywords
Citation
Hopkinson, A. and Chandrakar, R. (2006), "Introducing RFID at Middlesex University Learning Resources", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 40 No. 1, pp. 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330610646834
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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