Folks,
The first DigiCULT Technology Watch Report (published February 2003) has a
chapter dedicated to smart labels and smart tags, including a case study on
the Said Business School library's use of RFID. The report is online at
http://www.digicult.info/pages/techwatch.php
All good things,
Martin.
Martin Donnelly
DigiCULT Forum Technology Assessor
Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)141 330 2675
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
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"A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else
in the world."
Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Mike Stapleton
> Sent: 15 October 2004 14:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RFID
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I note in a recent news article that the Vatican Library is a fair way
> in to a project to tag 2 million or so books in its collection with RFID
> tags. The original aim was to speed up the annual inventory process -
> expected to reduce the time taken for the task from a month to a day.
>
> It's a technology where the costs are expected to drop rapidly.
> Is anyone planning or carrying out such a project in the UK or
> is it anathema to consider sticking RFID tags to objects.?
>
> The technology would dovetail very nicely with procedures for
> Inventory Control, Location and Movement Control, Audit, Use,
> Loans out (for handling kits) etc
>
> Mike Stapleton
> System Simulation
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