Re :Self Check/RFID - Checkpoint/Bibliotheca

["Bridge, Frank" <BridgeF at chesterfield dot gov>]

Hello--

Perhaps I missed something.  

Virtually all of the elements below are already available in the
Innovative Interfaces circulation control module.  So I do not seek a
heightened privacy risk because a library has used RFID-based item
barcodes other than there are now two servers from which an unauthorized
person (or the Homeland Security Department) may obtain the same kind of
data. 

As I understand RFID in a library setting, the only information that
must travel via the airwaves (and thus can be intercepted--at short
distances) are the item barcodes.  And these are already visible and
available throughout the collection.

Frank

Message: 7
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 05:05:48 -0500
From: "said shafik" <saidshafik at hotmail dot com>
Subject: Re: Self Check/RFID - Checkpoint/Bibliotheca
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Message-ID: <BAY106-F11287F883618086A446852CED80 at phx dot gbl>
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Well, The Homland Security Department loves RFID more than you. After I
you 
know what is inside that little box called RFID server related to the 
Privacy issue, I hope you think again about LOVING RFID!
I have been involved in the details of installing RFID in our Library,
which 
has been implemented by Checkpoint, your favorite.
If you have access to your RFID server, you can find software that
registers 
all the transactions done over the Selfcheckout and checkin. The details
can 
go down to not only who borrows or returns what, but from which gate was
the 
item(s) taking. More, it registers also any violations, meaning when an 
antena beeps, you can know what causes the beep and who was involved and

why. It registers the barcodes, titles, and names. More, there is a
daily 
log file you can look at to find error messages and the transactions
related 
to it. If you have the 3M RFID Protocol Manual handy, you can translate
the 
code of the message and know what was wrong with the transaction caused
the 
error message.

Now, what do you think, feel?



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Said Shafik
System Librarian
The Emirates Center for Strategic
Studies & Research
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
http://www.ecssr.com
Work Tel: ++971(0)2 6424000
Mobile:++971(0)5 323 5695
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Frank R. Bridge
Technology Management Administrator
Chesterfield County Public Library
PO Box 297
9501 Lori Rd.
Chesterfield, VA  23832-0297
Voice:   804-748-1980
Fax:      804-751-4679



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