Local Library uses RFID to Manage Materials, but Privacy Concerns Abound
Continuing the theme of privacy issues related to my new home library system ( ... Public Library is using RFID chips to help manage their collection. By including bibliographic data in the microchip, the library can automate circulation functions: books can simply be passed by an RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-07-20 19:46:34
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RFID mashups in the library - Thinkering Spaces (via Shifted Librarian)
Jenny Levine has a good story about innovative uses of RFID in libraries from the Thinkering Spaces project: RFID is a big component of the system, as it identifies content and allows it to travel with an object. To start, the TS folks put a book with an RFID chip on the reader, which triggers a process [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 13:12:40
First Look at RFID
RFID is now up and running at Caringbah and Engadine Libraries. The aim of RFID is to make tracking materials easier and to free up Library staff to provide ... gets RFID you will be encouraged to collect your own reserves from open hold shelves and check [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 03:41:09
Arphid Watch: Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating
(((Okay, it's just conceptual -- even a Roomba can't navigate that snappily -- but what a cute design treatment and what a nice soundtrack on that ... is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it's fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library ... , be sure they haven't been hacked for RFID identity theft.))) http://gizmodo.com/5016550/rfid [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 13:37:48
New hot stock options
Security systems provider companies witnessed a sudden action in terms of both orders/enquiries as well as stock changes in the last 3 days ... and internationally. It also offers Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) solutions, smart cards ... , library management, application tracking, vehicle tracking, warehouse management, work-in-progress [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 03:15:56
RFID in Libraries Guide
A technology that was originally developed for the military during World War II, ... , automotives, fast food, travel industry, and so on, is RFID or Radio Frequency Identification. RFID ... machines in identifying objects. It consists of a transponder or a tag which has an embedded [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 16:59:29
Everything except books is miscellaneous
Over at Just Another Classes.TameTheWeb.com Blogs Weblog, Nick has a great review of Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous ... for and select books by arbitrary tags and labels from whatever source. If books had RFID, librarians ... . The problem for libraries is that some organization is evidently useful. For librarians, you can put [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 19:46:43
Why I Google instead of using the library…
... ) and RFID technology for real-time book location. Gezzz… UPDATE: Singapore librarian blogger ... as strengths of our UB library. Similar Posts:Pseudo Haiku for Celebrating Libraries 2006 The Digital Future [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 15:43:18
New Darien Library
LJ highlights some features of the new Darien Library: New technology, new design RFID for self-check and materials handling is just a tip of the technology infused throughout the building. There are also 21 wireless access points, large LCD flat displays [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:44:15
Early Voting Opens in Florida
October 21, 2008 — Tami Get out there and VOTE people! Early voting began yesterday and will continue the next two weeks ... - MiamiHe…West Palm Beach Public Library to Install 3M RFID Systems To Boost Producti… [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 06:58:11
Mobility@Your Library - #6 Productivity Tools
Here is #6 of 10 categories of how libraries use mobile devices.#6 Productivity Tools ... eWorksheetsEXAMPLES: When I asked for examples of library mobile or wireless tools, I heard from Jaye ... , allows a library staff to store scanned barcode (or RFID) information on a handheld device [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 18:17:00
TechKNOW
The most recent issue of TechKNOW is now available. Issue 14, no ... , Database Maintenance Librarian, Kent State UniversityBook Review: The Complete RFID Handbook: A Manual ... in Libraries [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 15:27:00
The Ticker - Graphic Arts Online (press release)
The Ticker Graphic Arts Online (press release), IL - 22 minutes ago Separately, RFID technology will help stop library copies of Harry Potter books from vanishing in the UK, reports GAM sister title Packaging Digest. ... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 21:47:13
Would you like to see an example of America's infrastructure?
"....Address the Lauinger Problem", as The Hoya (student newspaper at Georgetown University) put it in an editorial (issue of Friday, Dec. 5, 2008) ... of what a library should be. In the 21st century, a library must be more than a warehouse for storing books ... : RFID chips to make everybody able to check out books individually instead of waiting in line [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 06:37:00
Filtered Terminal Blocks
Filtered Terminal Blocks Through a joint design and supply agreement with Cooper Bussmann, Corry Micronics offers a full range of filtered terminal blocks... Motorola Fixed RFID Reader ... RFID Portal - North America (902-928 MHz) InSync Solutions Library: Yard Management more... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 05:30:28
Public Library to Install RFID Security System
Tagging of some 50,000 circulation items has begun, and installation is expected to be completed by the end of November. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 20:17:00
Take a Seat Chair Crazy Enough to Work Outside of the Netherlands
A lot of concepts never really make it off the ground, but the Take a Seat Chair, ... , the chair will go where you do; the magic courtesy of an RFID chip. Dutch designer Jelte van Geest ... arrangements in libraries. If you are doing a big research project, you might want to browse through [more...]
Date: 2008-06-14 03:36:03
Remnants cannot tell a lie: George Washington's boyhood
Remnants cannot tell a lie: George Washington's boyhood home found - Los Angeles TimesAfter years of searching, ... with 3M RFID Technology at Lone Tree - ForbesDouglas County Libraries have installed Vista(TM [more...]
Date: 2008-07-05 21:06:34
Three-day Workshop on Future Libraries: Advanced GSDL and RFID, TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Workshop Dates: 14–16 January 2009.For more details about the workshop, please visit the website www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 10:09:21
Full-Chip Nanometer Routing Techniques , Practical MMIC Design, Digital Alias-free Signal Processing
Full-Chip Nanometer Routing Techniques From a manufacturability standpoint, ... in Logistics: A Practical Introduction Survey RFID applications in entertainment, credit devices, wireless communications, healthcare, and libraries. Learn about both active and passive system components [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 02:51:00
RSA Library Update - April 2008
What follows is a complete list of RSA library acquisitions for the month of April 2008 ... such as RFID (radio-frequency ID) chips, Ipv6, ultra-wideband networking, heads-up displays [more...]
Date: 2008-04-25 16:27:00
Big Move Update
As some of you may know, I’ve been spending the last few weeks helping my library get ready to move to a new building. We have been adding an RFID tag to every item and reorganizing the entire collection. Check out our voicethread for details about what we’ve been up to, pictures of the old builing, and pictures [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 12:14:18
St. Louis Beacon: Public Libraries
Free for all: Public libraries are a treasure trove, especially during economic tough times Written by Kathie Sutin, ... branches use RFID, a radio frequency identification system. “That’s the higher tech means of counting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:17:37
Technical, Tangible, Social
Liz Lawley Liz is warning us that she is going to insight technolust Today is Liz’s 6 year blogversary!! How can libraries embrace the tangible again? We care what things feel like and look like Apple ... :ror - RFID for your personal items Send messages and keep track of people and stuff Object [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 22:40:31
Intermec Intellitag PM4i Industrial Printer
Intermec Intellitag PM4i Industrial Printer The multi-function Intellitag® PM4i printer gives you the reliability, ... with the latest... Motorola Handheld RFID Readers Domino EIS RFID Compliance 1st Program For CPG Industrial Portals, A Division Of Jamison Door Company: Product... InSync Solutions Library: Data Center [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 19:17:58
Kinship on the Shelves
Have you noticed the machines in the aisles of the library emitting high-pitched beeps? ... with a book or dvd. This has all been in the name of RFID - Radio Frequency Identification. The use ... while engaged in this workout of putting the RFID metallic stickers on the backs of books, I let my mind [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 18:39:00
Insecure by design
Would you design a system which you know is vulnerable to hacking? However, the fact is that secure systems do cost more than their non-secure ( ... an RFID-based cards used for prepaying highway tolls in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the barcode based system used by the National Library Board in Singapore. Both systems can be easily broken [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 08:19:07
Insecure by design
Despite the availability of robust and secure solutions, organizations persist in implementing insecure design in a bid to save on cost ... Nate Lawson was concerned about the privacy implications of the popular RFID-based FasTrak toll tags ... of the card is kept in backend servers, this in fact exacerbates the plight of victims. Hackers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 09:00:36
Speaking in Croatia (Part 5) - Pictures of the Pula City Library
Here's City Library of Pula, where the Librarian's Weekend session was held. Quite modern looking, since it was a fairly new building ... libraries choose to charge a fee while some -- like Zagreb -- opted not to). I saw some teens ... check-in/ out system. Didn't see any self-check machines, and they are not into RFID yet. Next, Part [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:58:00
Better Java Web Frameworks
I have been doing web application framework development for a long time. In my first experience, we developed a “Web Application Framework“, to ease development so that even business user could make development. As the years passed, I never see any business user entered self development because of the fact that this job belongs to programmers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 09:54:45
Study Tackles Labeling Errors
With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, ... of specimen-labeling errors.” This study used a technology, radio-frequency identification (RFID), to track ... . An RFID tag can be applied to or incorporated into an object so that it can be identified by using [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 14:15:44
Robot Cognitions: Enhancing Quality of Life
Navigation of different environments, like different people or social situations, require specific ways of interacting to achieve goals. An intelligent system that can enable a better quality of life for people marginalized in society (such as the elderly, the disabled and those of minority groups) [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 03:32:33
Make Dinning Delicacies with Ease
The Sook Cut is a three-part concept by Adam Brodowski that makes delicious meals out of ingredients you may not know how to combine ... information, and stores a library of ingredients. You can touch and drag ingredients to build custom recipes ... it charge the Sook Cut and Touch appliances, it also works as an RFID scanner to identify [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 11:08:53
ALA2008 Privacy Revolution Panel
does anyone care if their library records are being tracked? should they? ALA OIF has received a grant from the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation to explore the issue of privacy in the digital age Panelists: Dan Roth (Wired), Cory Doctorow (CrapHound), and Beth Givens (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse) [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 07:27:11
Can RFID get it together to jump the chasm?
After what seems an age of working from home and in the office over the summer, I’m out on the road again ... of Glasgow. I’m on my way back from speaking at a one day conference – Introducing RFID – ... . RFID that wonderful technology that makes self-service so much more an engaging and simple process [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 20:32:04
RFID Applications
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification is a technology, which includes wireless data capture and transaction processing. Proximity (short range) and Vicinity (long range) are two major application areas where RFID technology is used. Track ... value RFID solutions assisting companys track assets, people and documents. AgileSense provides robust [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 20:15:04
Reader Mail #62
I liked this thread on the Mental Militia. Heller (from Heller vs. DC) applied for a gun permit. His application was rejected. That is really weird, since the Supreme Court specifically ordered that he be granted a gun permit. He didn't bring his gun with him when he applied for the permit, lest he be arrested for illegal possession of a gun [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 16:25:07
Liz Lawley – Technical/Tangible/Social - Closing Keynote
Delicious.com/mamamusings/il08 Liz sees libraries moving to being just “behind a screen” – we need to embrace the tangible as well as the virtual ... came the mir:ror – an RFID tag reader with an USB interface. It does specific tasks when it encounters an RFID tag – and they sell stickers with RFID tech embedded within it. “give powers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 23:36:53
Latest CAD News
TOP BLOG POSTS From the Alibre CEO blog: Make Yourself! - “‘If you really want to live, why not try and make yourself’ Lyrics by Incubus The modern world we occupy is all invented; everything we experience outside of nature has been created, designed, and manufactured…” From WorldCAD Access: [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 14:09:59
Technology predictions from 20 years ago
We recently moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Mountain View, California and during the move I had a chance to go through some old boxes I’ve had for years — twenty years to be exact. Tonight, I decided to open up some of the boxes and try and see if I could find some old pictures after seeing some of my high school friend’s pictures on Facebook [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 07:51:09
TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups
A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour, to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters, who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 11:13:46
Mayo Clinic uses RFID to reduce errors
Teaser: Rochester, Minn. -- U.S. scientists at the Mayo Clinic say they are using radio frequency identification, a technology known as RFID, to reduce lab specimen labeling errors. Story: The RFID system is being used at the Mayo ... , said Dr. Dawn Francis, the study's lead author. Although RFID is already used in other settings [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 17:49:00
Wild Theory Wed: Pre-2012 Theories Anyone?
We're on that road people, whether it's fabricated or not, 2012 is coming. The hype is having its 'go of it'. But is the "cart before the horse" so to speak? Have enough people realized what methods of control are being used against them? In a previous post on fluoride in toothpaste, that was one small example of "control" [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:28:31
Mesa library hours, positions cut; Sundays closed
Mesa residents will no longer be able to visit the Main Library on Sundays, if the City Council accepts the proposed $4 ... . The libraries are moving toward use of technology such as Radio Frequency Identification or RFID, a microchip ... year, 1.1 million people visited the libraries and visits are up this year already, compared [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 22:10:10
RFID, Privacy and the Surveillance Society
If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... of everyday life. RFID tags are small computer chips connected to miniature antennae that can be fixed ... and civil liberties: * Hidden placement of tags. RFID tags can be embedded into/onto objects [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:25
The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society
Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50
LITA 2008: Five-minute Madness
Incorporating ICT into a New Vision for Caribbean Libraries Presenter: ... situations in 15 countries. The libraries have inadequate budgets, limited facilities, small and dated collections, poor technology, under-trained staff, and inadequate services. However, the libraries [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 15:57:44
BOCC meeting Monday - 2 zoning items
The County Commissioners are meeting Monday (the agenda is originally posted at www.co.durham.nc.us). There are two zoning items, one north of RTP and the other is probably in north Durham. If the consent item about lighting at Hillside and Northern highs is outdoors, I hope they are taking light pollution into consideration, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 07:06:00
Specimen Bottle Errors Said To Be Cut By Radio-Frequency Tags
Specimen Bottle Errors Said To Be Cut By Radio-Frequency Tags A new study has said that the risk and number of errors during biopsy analysis can be ... identification (RFID) tags to track and automate identification of biopsy specimens taken during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures. Very tellingly, presently, RFID tags, which are commonly [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 15:26:58
RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction
RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction Product Description Radio Frequency Identification ( ... must develop strategies for integrating RFID technologies into their supply chains. RFID in Logistics ... from computer, electrical, and industrial engineering, RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 23:34:13
