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

First Links for 2009

I ignored my reading backlog last week and glommed down Tom Piazza’s Katrina novel, City of Refuge. It was nothing short of amazing ... a fabulous “year in publishing” post series. Hey you Southern localvore writer types: Michael ... director harassed for planning to implement RFID) but I’m thawing out. This post on Twitter types [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 00:31:26

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

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A large portion of the westside in Erie PA has been shutdown since 4:30 am this morning when a guy with a rifle went postal. Baur Lane to Brown Ave, 25th to 21st Streets have been barricaded. The suspect fired a number of shots including at police officers. He also has set fire to at least one home and there are reports of up to 3 homes burning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:22:49

Overdue Books 2.0

As always, Ed Vielmetti is thinking about how to make the library’s data work harder for him, with or without the library’s help. ( ... -based services than most other libraries, but the simple openness of their systems makes it easy for a superpatron like Ed to extend these services even further on his own.) So when Ed couldn’t find [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 03:54:45

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 4, 2009

Disturbing story on GoErie.com about Kevin J Feyas, a teacher that resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with students. Feyas will not be prosecuted as the statute of limitations has expired. Good teams always come through in the clutch, in times of adversity, and when its top players are not at the top of their games [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:27:06

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 2, 2009

A man was beat to death near East 38th and Ash on New Year's morning. Jermaine Vaughn was arrested for the murder. The name of the victim was not released. Both men were at a Mercyhurst College party and apparently argued over a woman. Mia and Adrian Spracklen of Erie PA are on their way to Ethiopia to bring home the 6 month baby boy they adopted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:33:21

Hack the Planet

You a fan of ’95 Angelina Jolie movies? Oh well.An 18-year-old college student in Canada – majoring in Chemistry, mind – built a small lab in his garage. Of course, the police decided he was making meth and arrested him. Then, after admitting several days later that the lab was not, in fact, used for making drugs, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:49:00

DIY Video Poker Table

Know When to Hold 'Em: courtesy Jason Kiely Every Friday night, about 10 regulars gather at my place in Perth, Australia, to play Texas Hold 'Em. I'm the co-founder of a technology-services company, L7 Solutions. I'm also a chronic tinkerer ... combines the video files with RFID data from the tagged chips and cards to create a simulcast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:49:00

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

2008 Medical Sci-Fi Contest: Please Meet the Stories!

We are excited to announce the results of this year's medical sci-fi contest, and to present to all our readers the top three stories, ... that he is a Senior Writer for Exhibitor and Corporate Event magazines, was also Yahoo Internet Life's ... , It's a Bitter Little World, an ode to film noir, was published in 2005 by Writer's Digest Books. Please [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 04:51:14

State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere, November 2008

Law firm marketing and business development professionals have been politely getting after Kevin McKeown, our VP of Client Development, for an updated report on large law's use of blogs. Innovators, such as Gloria Fox at Blank Rome, are looking for hard data for their law firm's management that their competition has effectively addressed any [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:14:23

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

Baghdad’s Post-Blast Wall Bibliothèque

As I kept flipping through the images in this gallery of Baghdad’s incredible blast wall murals, recalling fairly recent news of how the U.S. military had begun dismantling some of the barricades in Dora (a district in Baghdad), and even more recently how control of the Green Zone was just handed over to the Iraqi government, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:01:00

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

Motorola Handheld RFID Readers

Motorola Handheld RFID Readers Give your workers the ability to capture a comprehensive range of data — from RFID tags and bar codes to images with this flexible multi-function device. Single device simplicity ... Domino EIS RFID Compliance 1st Program For CPG Industrial Portals, A Division Of Jamison Door Company: Product... InSync [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:28:34

#25C3 Security Conference recordings online

'Creating a rogue root CA certificate)! Read on below for details. Presentation 1: I started with Not Soy Fast: Genetically Modified, Resource Greedy, and coming to a Supermarket Near You. Soy has been a healthy source of proteins for some time, but genetically modified soy comes with a price (in more than one way) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:42:40

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The PA Department of Environment Protection and US Environmental Protection Agency began a thorough inspection of Erie Coke in Erie, ... Department was cut so there isn't enough people to work security at the 5th Street entrance. They didn't ... with a buzzer for the door used at other times. Erie PA native Charles R Walczak was named the new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:34:30

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

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

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 12, 2009

Rehrig Pacific Company closed their manufacturing facility in Raymond, New Hampshire and is moving the operations to their facility in Erie, PA at 1738 West 20th Street. Products made at New Hampshire include plastic milk crates, soda-bottle holders, garbage receptacles and recycling bins. Forty employees were laid-off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:49:02

Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison

Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report showcasing you all of the alternative open-source media centers available out there. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00

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