First Installation of Wireless RFID System in U.S. Library Deployed
The first-known totally wireless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in a U.S. library has been successfully deployed at the Prairie Trails Public Library (www.PrairieTrailsLibrary.org), located in Burbank, Ill.
The wireless system provides the library with the flexibility of moving its self-check units to the most convenient areas of the library, even if those locations change over time.
The decision to go wireless was made during the planning stages of the RFID installation, when Checkpoint Systems Inc., the Thorofare, N.J.-based company that planned the installation of its Intelligent Library System (ILS), realized that the logistical set-up of the library was such that it was going to be difficult to configure the ILS in the conventional manner. Instead, the company would need to set up the system without the use of any hard-wiring or cables to connect the equipment, something that had never been done before in a library.
“We were ultimately able to accommodate their request for a wireless RFID system by using Ethernet-based wireless converters and configuring them to work with the library’s system,” explains Michael Jermyn, general manager of Checkpoint’s Library Group.
“The ILS was smoothly installed, easy to operate and was very efficiently integrated with our library circulation system,” says Sheri Starr, assistant director and automation manager at Prairie Trails Public Library.
“It’s a thrill knowing that we’ve been a little part of history in the library community with the operation of a totally wireless RFID system,” comments Star.
According to Starr, the ILS has helped the library achieve its primary objective of improved security and has also been an aid in its daily operations as well.
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First Installation of Wireless RFID System in U.S. Library Deployed
First Installation of Wireless RFID System in U.S. Library Deployed
The first-known totally wireless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in a U.S. library has been successfully deployed at the Prairie Trails Public Library (www.PrairieTrailsLibrary.org), located in Burbank, Ill.
The wireless system provides the library with the flexibility of moving its self-check units to the most convenient areas of the library, even if those locations change over time.
The decision to go wireless was made during the planning stages of the RFID installation, when Checkpoint Systems Inc., the Thorofare, N.J.-based company that planned the installation of its Intelligent Library System (ILS), realized that the logistical set-up of the library was such that it was going to be difficult to configure the ILS in the conventional manner. Instead, the company would need to set up the system without the use of any hard-wiring or cables to connect the equipment, something that had never been done before in a library.
“We were ultimately able to accommodate their request for a wireless RFID system by using Ethernet-based wireless converters and configuring them to work with the library’s system,” explains Michael Jermyn, general manager of Checkpoint’s Library Group.
“The ILS was smoothly installed, easy to operate and was very efficiently integrated with our library circulation system,” says Sheri Starr, assistant director and automation manager at Prairie Trails Public Library.
“It’s a thrill knowing that we’ve been a little part of history in the library community with the operation of a totally wireless RFID system,” comments Star.
According to Starr, the ILS has helped the library achieve its primary objective of improved security and has also been an aid in its daily operations as well.
Sales Up at Barnes & Noble and Borders
Sales are up at both of the nation’s largest booksellers.