RFIDNews | Frisco Public Library goes RFID

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Frisco Public Library, Frisco, Tex., reopened last week providing a faster way to check out and check in books and media materials. Volunteers worked for ten days while the library was closed to update more than 145,000 books, DVDs and CDs.

The various levels of the library now hold seven Express Check terminals, so patrons can breeze through the checkout process instead of waiting in line at the borrow and return desk.

The new system incorporates RFID equipment, opening the door in the future for an automated check-in system.

Also, instead of printing a receipt, library users can also email the list of their items to themselves.

Vaughan Public Libraries in Ontario, Ca. are in the final stages of implementing the Fastrac RFID system.

The Fastrac RFID will provide greater convenience to patrons, time savings for the staff and additional security for the library itself. Provided by the partnership between VTLS and mk Sorting Systems, the installation will include several self-checkout kiosks, staff stations, RFID gates, tagging stations, tagging wands and tags.

Grand Rapids Library installs express, self-checkouts

Another library joins the long list of those converting to RFID technology to developing a more efficient method of borrowing items - the Grand Rapids Public Library system.

Corinth Library gears up to improve efficiency

The Johnson County Library, Kan. will soon move forward on the installation of RFID equipment and adding tags to all of the books and audiovisual materials at the Corinth Library.

New York library automates check out and returns

The Middle Country Public Library in Centereach, N.Y. implemented a self-check and self-return system all made possible with the aid of RFID technology, according to libn.com.

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