RFID Library Solution
If you have decided to implement barcode to improve operational efficiencies, then think again! RFID is revolutionizing libraries across the world.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. An RFID tag is an object that can be attached to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radio waves. RFID can identify multiple objects like books, CDs and other items together over wireless. This overcomes the limitation that barcode has like bringing items in line-of-sight to scanner, reading one item at a time which needs to be stationery, displacing items from shelves and so on.
How it can help you to better manage your libraries ?
Stock Verification
Verifying a stock of thousands of books, periodicals, CD’s and DVD’s can be time consuming to the Library administrator. With PDA based RFID hand-held reader, thousands of Items can be identified, updated and matched in few hours!
Security
Our Gate Antenna can track all the books going out of libraries and raise an alarm if a book is un-authorized, giving additional security. Unlike EAS (Emergency Alert System), it can also keep record of incoming and outgoing books from the libraries.
Self check in and check out
Special staff members are not required to execute simple tasks like book issue and return. Orizin’s touch screen based self-check out/renew station Can enable patron to issue, return and renew books, CDs etc themselves without any staff.
Finding a missing item
It becomes challenging to find a particular item among thousands of similar ones. Even barcode does not help. By feeding an access number to our RFID hand-held device you can locate a missing item very fast. It does not require you to remove items from shelf.
Item sorting
Imagine you are sorting a shelf and somebody can help you to quickly identify misplaced items on the shelf. It will take you only few minutes to sort a huge shelf. Sorting could be so easy with our hand-held device at bay.
Barcode cannot identify multiple items together. It cannot issue /return multiple books together. One-at-a time method can eat away hundreds of precious minutes of patrons with frustrating queues! Give a better experience to your members by cutting queues and saving their precious times.
Our Library Products
Patron Kiosk
This Self check-out system provides a graphical touch screen based interface to the users making the check-out and renew system interactive and easy. It automatically recognizes a patron when either a RFID based card or a smart card is flashed on the front. With in a single click patron can check-out and renew all the books. This transaction is instantly updated on the database. A receipt is issued to the patron to remind book renewal/return date.
Hand-held Reader
Our PDA based Hand-held reader can scan thousands of books/CDs lying on shelves without even a single book being pulled out, like in case of barcode reader. Data can be updated instantly on the server for stock verification with the database. At the end it shows a list of matched and un-matched items. This device also helps in sorting shelves and searching specific books.
Gate Antenna
These antennas act as guards for your precious books and raise an alarm during any un-authorized movement. They also keep record of all the incoming & out-going items.
Smart Shelves
This product is designed to generate information of all the books lying on the shelf in a real-time basis. The moment a particular book is pulled out from the shelf, system automatically identifies the event and records in database. Our software gives visual dimension to the transaction like book-pull out and replacement. It also gives record of total number of books at a particular instant along with their names and usage history.
Drop Box
This product makes the concept of returning books only during library hours obsolete. Patron can drop the books at any time in 24 hrs and get a receipt of the transaction. It also helps your staff to focus on other special jobs.
RFID Tags
These labels can be pasted on books, CDs or Files. Information like access Number, Classification Number, and book status can also be stored directly in the tags. No wear & tear as barcode.
Support for SIP2/NCIP Protocols
NCIP - NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol defines a protocol that is limited to the exchange of messages between and among computer-based application to enable them to perform functions necessary to lend and borrow items, to provide controlled access to electronic resources, and to facilitate co-operative management of these functions. Orizin Products supports essentinal NCIP messages required for circulation operation. Read more about NCIP.
SIP2 - Standard Interchange Protocol Version 2 is a protocol introducted by 3M for its library automation products and later accepted by many other hardware and software vendors. Orizin Products supports essential SIP2 messages required for circulation operation.Read more about SIP2.