Date: 30 May 2006 12:35:52 -0000 From: vishal verma Dear all, Now with improved and comparatively low priced than earlier, RFID solutions address the security issues in libraries. And not only the security issue= s but also many other routine and repetitive tasks like stock verification, sorting of books, check-out/in, etc=85 can be automated without much human intervention, which leads to better & improved services, efficient use of = library staff and avoiding inadvertent manual mistakes. Another advantage of RFID over magnetic tattle is one need not to swipe lib= rary resources for charging and discharging magnetic tattle every time reso= urces go out and come into the library after checkout and checkin. In case of RFID the security bit in the tag automatically gets disarmed on checkout and armed on checkin without one needs to swipe it manually. Moreover the skilled staffs who undergo rigorous two year training would be freed by the automated process and can be put to more meaningful tasks viz=. reference services than repetitive works. In fact two of the implementation of RFID in Indian Libraries have been don= e by Edutech India Pvt. Ltd. at IIT Madras and IIM Indore. Regards Vishal Verma Information Specialist Edutech India Pvt Ltd #8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 28330999 Fax: +91 44 28331777 GSM: +91 98409 97846 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."