Deployment of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) at Indian academic libraries: Issues and best practice

摘要

Library is a growing organism, pertaining to 5th law, nowadays library is getting into a new technology such as RFID, 3M, etc. This paper discovers deployment of RFID technology and its issues and best practice at libraries.? RFID technology is applied to various activities in libraries like automated check in /check out (without the intervention of the library staff), theft detection, stock verification etc. and comprises many components including RFID tags/labels, Library Staff Station, security gate, self service units, shelf management etc. and it can be extended to many more areas in future.