RFID Technology Brings a Revolution in Library Management

“Without books in life, it’s like there is no sunshine;

There are no books in wisdom, just like birds without wings. ”

– Shakespeare

Books are the ladder of human progress, making us the heirs of the spiritual life of previous eras. In today’s stressful and fast-paced life, many people say that reading can help people find a slow-paced world in a fast-paced life. As a result, the number of people who love to read is increasing, but the problems they face are gradually becoming prominent. As a reader, do you often encounter the following problems: Obviously, I found that there are books I want to borrow in the library, but I can’t find where. Seem staffs are always busy without time to answer questions. I want to know the current hot books but there is no way to know. Or, when the beloved book is lost, it is nowhere to be found.

As a library staff, they are also problems and confusion: Difficult to count and heavy workload. There is a lot of manpower and there is no way to provide better services.

What is RFID Technology?

RFID is mainly composed of RFID tag, RFID reader/writer and RFID system. The application of RFID system in the field of library management has updated the traditional barcode technology and security mechanism, accelerated the process of library management automation, and also provided a hardware platform for the construction of digital libraries.

The smart library enables the sharing and balance of information resources between books and books, people and people, people and books, and people and nature.

RFID Technology for Library Management

RFID anti-theft antenna

When readers enter the library, the first thing you can see is a dual-mode anti-theft mode adopting “RFID tag + magnetic stripe” entrance and exit security and anti-theft access control, which can scan the circulating documents with RFID library tags and magnetic stripes. Security identification, in order to achieve the purpose of anti-theft and monitoring, the access control also has a separate channel alarm function.

Self-service loan and return

Setting up a self-booking bookcase outside the library can meet the daily book reservation needs of the library. Readers can reserve a single or multiple books through the library website, and the system can automatically notify readers to arrive within the specified time through SMS or APP. Meanwhile, the readers can return the borrowed books at any time without entering the library. The self-service inquiry system is available 24 hours a day. It is very convenient to read e-books and periodicals and search for e-data.

Automatic sorting of books

The sorting and management of books in the library adopts a new sorting system, which can sort stacked books in batches, and separate multiple stacked books into a single sequence for sorting. The equipment also has no book tearing and no jamming. Easy to clean, easy to replace, and high stability.

Library inventory

Librarians only need to hold the inventory check system and move it across the bookshelf to read. The inventory time is short. It originally took a few months of work, which can be completed by one person in half a day. At the same time, it is easy to find out or books in disorderly shelves greatly save manpower and material resources, allowing employees to have more time to help readers or add more service items.