On RFID in Library books
June 02, 2004
Cameron Sturdevant: No RFID for Library Books:
The chief librarian of the San Francisco Public Library is considering spending almost $1 million over two years to replace bar codes and magnetic strips with RFID tags on books, videos and other library materials. Although I appreciate City Librarian Susan Hildreth's desire to streamline the check-in/check-out process, I think using RFID tags is a bad idea.Related:
- RFIDbuzz: We know what you read
- via RFID Privacy.org
Posted by andersja
Why?
It seems the debate over library RFID systems is cloudy at best- unproven systems with unproven consequences.
Librarian Laura Smart of LibraryRFID wrote an excellent breakdown of the issue.
Posted by: John Wehr at June 3, 2004 07:10 AMPost a comment
