Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Bibliotheca supplies automated RFID solutions to Ohio library

Friday, August 5, 2011

The Pickaway County District Public Library in Circleville, Ohio has chosen Bibliotheca ITG to supply RFID and automated materials handling solutions for its newly renovated facility.

The PCDPL installation will consist of self-checkout kiosks, security gates, tags and two sorters for both interior and exterior material returns.


The automated system will enable visiting library patrons to quickly locate and check out media, while allotting staff more time to focus on providing service to guests, helping them locate specific books or research materials.

PCDPL’s newly re-designed library facility was recently completed in May 2011, constructed on the library’s existing building. It has been expanded to include a teen center, computer lab, meeting rooms and a larger children’s area. [end] 

Bibliotheca announced the recent large-scale installation of its RFID-based automated material handling solutions in one of Berlin’s major public libraries, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Library.

The deployment includes Bibliotheca’s 400 series return and sorting system - ‘smartreturn’ and ‘smartsort’ - which offers sorting speeds of 2,400 item/hour. Additionally, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is able to offer patrons self-service checkout through the ‘smartserve’ 700.

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The St. Albert Public Library in Canada is set to install a $500,000 RFID system to facilitate the tedious task of sorting returned materials before they are shelved, according to local news reports.

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The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them.

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Bibliotheca announced it is working with the Ottawa Public Library (OPL), and will soon begin converting its entire collection of 2.3 million items from bar code to RFID, spanning across 33 branches and two bookmobiles.

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