To reduce its loss factor, the Cynthiana-Harrison Public Library in Kentucky will deploy a radio frequency identification (RFID) security system from 3M Library Systems this fall. 3M will install two ...

I work in a building that makes me use a cardkey to get into the building’s back stairway. I can’t even use a physical key. I must use the card I was issued. I fumble for the thing every morning. One ...

When the new library in Fontana—a fast-growing bedroom community in San Bernardino County, Calif.—opens in April, its collection of 150,000 books and other media will carry RFID tags. The library ...

MANUKAU City Council will open a hi-tech library in Botany Downs, which will be the first in New Zealand MANUKAU City Council will open a hi-tech library in Botany Downs, which will be the first in ...

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 ...

Your local librarian may be more wise to RFID than you realize. More than 8,000 librarians and library staff members attended the Public Library Association’s annual convention in Seattle recently.

California Sen. Debra Bowen introduced SB 1834 at the state capitol recently, proposing first-in-the-nation privacy standards for the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID). "The ...

In a broad context, radio transmissions containing some type of identifying information are considered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This can be a cab driver using his unit number over the ...

In today’s fast-paced digital world, protecting your personal information has become more critical than ever. With the rise of contactless payment methods and RFID technology, identity theft and ...

On your next visit to the library you might be welcomed by a beep if you are carrying library items checked out before last month. That’s because you’re tagged. Well, not you but the items you’re ...

So far, we have learned how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) works and how it is applied in both theory and real-world operations. This chapter discusses how security is implemented in RFID, and ...