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.
First Installation of Wireless RFID System in U.S. Library Deployed
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.