Re: RFID & Inventory Question

[Deb Downing <downingd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We're in the final selection phase of our RFID RFP.  From what I've seen, 
you'll definitely want to use the RFID vendor's scanners to take advantage 
of the speed and efficiency of RFID tags.  (You don't have to take each 
item off the shelf!)  I haven't heard anything about an RFID attachment to 
the Percon barcode readers.

However, I have one other question for those sites who have implemented 
Checkpoint RFID.  Does the process of sort order inventory require the III 
inventory module?
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Deb Downing, Systems Department Head
Bloomfield Township Public Library
downingd@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.btpl.org

At 03:59 PM 9/18/2003 -0400, William Gray wrote:
>I have a question for Innovative libraries that have upgraded to RFID 
>technology: how does RFID affect the use of III's Inventory functions?
>
>At present, we (as many do) use barcodes for identification of our library 
>materials, and for Inventory purposes we use the Percon B321 barcode 
>readers for scanning items on the shelf in order to upload to PAC. Does 
>RFID require a totally new scanner for Inventory, or is there an RFID 
>attachment for the Percon? In either case, has this altered the Inventory 
>process at all, and if so, for better, for worse, or just different...?
>
>Thank you in advance for sharing any experiences or insights on this topic.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>William Gray
>Library Technical Assistant
>Greenwich Library
>
>
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