In 2011, the Tallinn University Academicin Estonia, installed a new management system in their Library, the first based on RFID UHF in the country. Europe itself already has several libraries that have adopted RFID system for book lending safety. Around the world, however, the technology still new. The implementation of technology in Tallinn University Academic became possible to extend and complement various operations such as add auto loan solutions that make it possible to return books 24 hours a day.
RFID technology allows visitors to the loan of his publications, returns, renewals, adding to the system a layer of security. The system is especially designed for the convenience of readers with faster service, which release librarians for other tasks.
After years of research and development, the Grand Rapids Public Library opened an RFID system that lets you accelerate their returns, monitor withdrawals, provide security and manage inventory. The Michigan Library is the first public system to adopt RFID UHF in North America.
In order to reduce labor costs and improve efficiency, the library installed RFID systems in all its eight subsidiaries. The technology consists of fixed and portable readers, labels on all media and a software designed by the library's IT department to manage the reading of data and integrate them with the existing library management system.
Worldwide, passive HF tags are used if the library has implemented RFID technology. However, due to the fact that HF having a short tag reading range, the libraries require a part of the security system to control their media and install a variety of antennas specifically designed to read labels that HF pass through a portal.
By deploying UHF, a library can experience a system faster and more efficient, which takes up less space and costs less . With the new system, the books can be read simultaneously. In addition, employees can now use a portable reader on a mobile cart to locate or count the books on the shelves.
Users / customers just need to put books or other materials tagged at the counter, above the reader. Since UHF tags have a read range of greater than HF tags, the device can capture multiple items of identification numbers in a single cell, without the need to be close to them.
If a user is unable to find a book, it can ask for help from the staff. Workers could then use a portable readers to search for the location of the book via software. If the book is not found in the correct place, the software will indicate that it should be located. Employees can then use the location mode to browse the shelves and find it.
From rfidjournal.com