RFID assistance system for faster book search in public libraries

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive overview and study of a proposed RFID Assistance System that uses existing technology and devices to enable faster book search, information overlay, and check out in a public library. The proposed system uses an interactive graphic interface contrary to the conventional alpha numeric character systems used in the Dewey Decimal or the Library of Congress system currently used in public libraries.For the user study, we set up an analog version of the proposed system to compute accessibility as well as response times. The survey also lists responses to the usability of such a system for library search and check out.

Visualization of physical library shelves to facilitate collection management and retrieval

“…Another sophisticated system is proposed by Satpathy and Mathew [20] to help users find items in libraries, through a combination of guidance provided using PDAs (e.g., positing of the appropriate shelf, and approximate position of an item on it), and on shelf LEDs to show the correct shelf when the user is in range, and the position of the book on the shelf. However, while Satpathy and Mathew describe the functionality of such a system, and discuss a user study that confirms the potential benefits of its functionality, the user study was conducted using an analog method and the implementation of the system is not discussed.…”

“…the searched item is supposed to be, it may be misplaced or completely missing. It is not, therefore, surprising that finding library material tends to be a tedious and time-consuming task [4,7,20].…”

“…Although a number of systems have been proposed [4,6,14,18,20] to assist library patrons with locating and retrieving physical material, none of them provide a completely satisfactory solution to these problems. They also fail to address another problem with existing library cataloguing software, which although provide search functionality, tend not to support browsing of the library collection very effectively.…”

Evaluation and exploration of RFID systems by rapid prototyping

“…Its potential for various applications in the field of identification or tracking of items is very promising [1,2]. Several of such applications have already been realized [3], as for instance document tracking and identification (in electronic passports or automated library systems [4][5][6]), road tolling [7], access control applications, animal tracking or manufacturing line applications, just to name a few. While RFID deployments are often tailored to work in these specific scenarios, generic RFID applications are still not well supported by the available RFID equipment.…”

A Signature-based Grid Index Design for RFID Main-Memory Databases

“…With the growing popularity of RFID-technology-based services, there is an increasing challenge in how to manipulate a large amount of information obtained through RFID services. Many RFID applications for improving service flexibility and efficiency include transportation payments, product tracking, lap scoring and libraries [23]. Because the amount of data processed by RFID systems is typically extremely large, and it is an increasing need in the reducing of the cost and development time of RFID applications, efficient designs and implementations of database systems are in a great demand.…”