When Franklin County’s Coyle Free Library, in Chambersburg, Pa., opens the doors of its renovated facility next month, it will feature two high-frequency (HF) RFID-enabled vending machines to check ...

Imagine a library system that knows where every book is and allows visitors to return and issue books automatically. That dream is slowly becoming a reality as libraries adopt the use of tiny Radio ...

For a glimpse of how RFID technology could transform stores, factories and people's everyday lives, you may only need to look as far as your local library. Hundreds of city and college libraries are ...

For decades, members of Ernakulam Public library used to carry quaint blue coloured cards that would be submitted at the counter in exchange of books.Many a times, the cards would be lost and reissued ...

Vendors and developers have invested large sums in RFID (radio frequency identification) and heavily promoted its use, especially in the retail, credit card and transportation industries, as well as ...

Last month, Quebec’s Trois-Rivières Library District installed an RFID-based system at its three libraries, in order to automate the return of books. The technology helps to eliminate the period of ...

A research article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management suggests that Big Brother could be opening a privacy and security Pandora's Box if ...