RFID for Beginners

RFID technology is used frequently today and has been around since the 1920s, but not many people know about, or understand it. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is used to store and retrieve information. This information is stored and retrieved using RFID tags or transponders. RFID tags are small [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:22:26

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Five Minute Madness

This session consisted of a series of 5-minute presentations of projects ... . Incorporating ICT into a New Vision for Caribbean Libraries. Delivers library and information support for education for the libraries in West Indies. Grace traveled around the West Indies to study how [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 03:23:43

RFID at Engadine Library

For those who live in the southern part of the shire, there have been a few changes at Engadine Library. Self Check Station at Engadine Library originally uploaded by Sutherland Shire Libraries ... for a few days so that state of the art RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology could [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 21:49:32

Sun Microsystems to Lay Off 350

Nortel is likely to cut about 10 percent of its work force. The malaise has started to spread to component makers. For instance, JDSU cut 400 jobs, shut down seven R&D centers and three plants. Anadigics, a Warren, N.J.-based broadband wireless and wireline chip maker cut 15 percent of its work force [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 17:02:09

Daily Briefs: Large Hadron Collider fails to destroy Earth, damn it.

By CHRIS PACKHAM Hey, Science! Gather observable, empirical and measurable evidence about THIS! Scientists in Geneva activated the Large Hadron Collider without actually destroying the Earth. Maybe it's, like, broken or something? [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 01:18:53

From Branding to Library Closures, Learn and Share at November’s Webinars

October 29, 2008 at 7:18 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged community, digital, free, marketing, technology, webinar, ... why libraries close and what you can do to prevent your own library closure? You can learn more about all these topics in WebJunction’s November lineup of free webinars. Branding Libraries [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:18:49

RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction: Erick C. Jones, Christopher A. Chung

RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction: Erick C. Jones, Christopher A. Chung ... to the Hardcover edition. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging is now mandated by the department ... , more than 200,000 manufacturers and suppliers must develop strategies for integrating RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 06:01:11

Post ALA Conference Report (The exhibits)

Now that the dust has settled from the Post-ALA posts, I thought it would be safe to share some of my experiences while I was there. This will be one of a series of posts that will report what I did during ALA and what I learned.This first post will cover my experience on the exhibit floor.The ALA exhibit hall was massive [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 19:30:00

A Note on the TATA NEN Hottest Startup Contest

I stumbled upon the TATA NEN Hottest Startup contest yesterday. The site can be accessed at http://hotteststartups.in. The site features a slide show on the 30 finalists, 5 of whom get declared as the hottest startups in India. I spent some time going through the websites of the finalists and I found the array of ideas and business models [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 04:23:00

New library chip has long shelf life

New library chip has long shelf life Libramation, a Canadian provider of library automation technology, has announced it will begin using a new RFID chip. The chip, from NXP, offers both increased ... in all of Libramation’s future RFID projects, but company representatives emphasized the appeal [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 21:56:14

Devoxx 2008: JavaFX, Java 7 and dynamic languages

Each year during the middle of December, the European Java community gathers at Antwerp to get updated on the latest developments in their profession. This year, Devoxx was organised for the first time from 8 until 12 December. The event was sold out for the second time in a row [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 14:21:53

3M Library Systems launches 3M Print Conversion System

3M Library Systems recently launched 3M Print Conversion System during American Library Association’s annual conference. Specifically designed for high-speed conversion to RFID collection management systems ... Print Conversion System is another important step forward for the productivity gains that RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 05:03:04

RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction: Erick C. Jones, Christopher A. Chung

RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction: Erick C. Jones, Christopher A. Chung ... for integrating RFID technologies into their supply chains. RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introduction ... refers to the Hardcover edition. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging is now mandated [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 14:34:01

Privacy Revolution - not quite live-blogging

I enjoyed the panel presentation. Jenny Levine and Kate Sheehan were both there blogging along with me ... this initiative. Soros funded. Dan Roth - Wired senior writer Privacy from a business perspective. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 18:06:26

One Week Short Term Training Course on "Library Automation and Resource Sharing", NISCAIR, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi - 110067

Course dates: 19-23 January 2009Broad course contents: Application of IT in libraries, Library automation: Introduction and current trends, Library automation software packages, Barcode and RFID technologies, Database creation, Digital Library concepts, Resource sharing, Library networks and services.Course fee: Rs. 2000/- without [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:56:41

3M named as preferred supplier to London Universities Purchasing Consortium

Diversified technology company 3M has been selected by the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) as one of the preferred suppliers of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and services for libraries. LUPC is an independent purchasing consortium that provides a service to London [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 16:23:58

Mashing Up Content in the Library (Thinkering Spaces II)

Yesterday I gave an overview of the Thinkering Spaces project, ... the various technologies and objects. TJ puts this book with an RFID tag in it on the reader RFID ... . To start, the TS folks put a book with an RFID chip on the reader, which triggers a process that displays [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 04:25:41

Digital Nomads and Webpreneurs: Combining Work and Travel

Photography: Annie Mole. Have you ever thought what the ultimate telecommute might mean to you? Not the kind of telecommute where you work at home, but rather the kind where you travel the world and work wherever you can. You probably already know the story: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:26:50

The 25 Most Modern Libraries in the World

Library of Picture Books in Iwaki City. Designed by Tadao Ando The folks at BestCollegesOnline.com have put together a list of the 25 most modern libraries in the world. The list is divided into three sections; architecture, technology and innovation, and digitial collections. The libraries [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 17:54:00

My million users

I’ve been working professionally with computers since 1991 and explicitly as a developer since 1993 ... impossible to know for sure… Lots of open source projects use libraries that I work [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 09:32:34

Verayo Intros 'Unclonable' RFID Chip

Verayo Intros 'Unclonable' RFID Chip Verayo this week introduced what it calls "the world's first unclonable silicon chip," ... Entries: $26 Billion RFID Industry by 2015 - 11 April 2005 Philips Presents RFID Chip for Libraries ... the Vera X512H RFID chip. "The core technology that makes these silicon chips unclonable [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 23:45:23

Michael Porter and Chris Peters: Ubiquitous computing

Michael Porter (WebJunction) and Chris Peters (MaintainIT) ... in price and availability is what makes UbiComp possible.  A good library example of UbiComp is RFID ... .  Imagine things like RFID in all sorts of places, in our libraries, and in our communities.  Another [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 20:42:20

National Library of China - Library of the Year 2008

Yesterday, I attend a ceremony in Kunlun Hotel to receive the "Library of the Year 2008" award on behalf of Dr ... , and provides many new services throught the application of high technologies, such as wireless LAN, RFID [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:32:00

It’s January 15, 2020: What Have We Learned About Healthcare in the Last Decade?

It’s January 15, 2020: What Have We Learned About Healthcare in the Last Decade?by Jim Carroll November 25, 2008 at 10:48 am · Filed under 4th WHCC It’s January 15, 2020: What Have We Learned About Healthcare in the Last Decade? WHIT 4.0 promises to be an exciting conference that promises an unparalleled look into the future of health [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 14:48:00

(PN) 6th Annual Industrial Simulation Conference, June 1-3, 2009,

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Date: 2008-11-24 11:51:42

I hate to have to do this

1.5-2 years ago I started boycotting Banana Republic. Why? ... RFID tag (which I HAD to in order to get the belt on).Now, obviously, I should have just asked [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:30:00

Privacy Panel ALA 2008

Privacy Panel ALA 2008 Posted by: kate in search, social networking, tech, tags: , ala2008, beth givens, cory doctorow, dan roth, ... . books on privacy and identity theft. Chapter in RFID book. Frequently on the news as an expert [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 22:07:34

ASIS&T 2008 - Whither LIS Education

Panelists Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Ann Prentice, ... has an impact on information, ramifications of RFID, and understanding everything from impact [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 16:20:55

ASIS&T 2008 - Whither LIS Education

Panelists Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Ann Prentice, ... has an impact on information, ramifications of RFID, and understanding everything from impact [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 04:45:01

Metastorm BPM v7.6 - focusing on the user

Simon Holloway By: Simon Holloway, Practice Leader - Process Management & RFID, Bloor Research Posted: 29th August 2008 Copyright Bloor Research © 2008 Logo for Bloor Research Advertisement [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 06:00:00

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