RFID smart library solution/RFID Library Label(Tags)
Nov 02 ,2020
With the development of science and technology, the progress of society, and the continuous advancement of information construction, readers are increasingly demanding the quality of library services. How to improve service quality, strengthen internal management, and improve work efficiency are all problems that library leaders need to solve urgently. Build a network operating environment for the RFID intelligent library collection management system and deploy corresponding RFID hardware equipment. It is used to identify, track, and protect all the materials in the library, and realize the functions of book borrowing and returning, ordering, searching, and inventory counting through the RFID system, which greatly improves the efficiency of library materials processing. The emergence of RFID intelligent library management system, Development, maturity, and wide application have completely solved the problems that libraries currently need to solve.
Under normal circumstances, after the implementation of RFID technology in the library, the circulation of materials in the library will be greatly improved with the same number or fewer librarians.
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The early application of RFID technology in libraries in my country is no different from the situation in library circles in the world, and basically originated from HF (high frequency) technology. In recent years, with the maturity of UHF (ultra high frequency) technology, the decline in tag prices, the acceleration of reading speed, and the improvement of safety performance, the application of UHF (ultra high frequency) has gradually surpassed HF (high frequency) and occupied the market leading position. Judging from the application of RFID in the national Internet of Things, the development of UHF (ultra-high frequency) technology has also accelerated significantly. The country has listed it as the top priority of the national development strategy and has become the main direction of RFID development in the future.
Based on the above understanding, Shenzhen Wanquan Intelligent and relying on strong UHF R&D and manufacturing capabilities, UHF RFID application in the library and other documents. Through unremitting efforts, a series of library application equipment with excellent performance has been developed, which provides reliable solutions for the application of smart libraries. As the company's new research and development products continue to come out, the company will provide more and greater help for the further development of smart libraries in the future.
1. Construction goals
(1) The use of RFID technology to effectively improve library service levels is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
(2) Realize rapid positioning of books in the library and quickly find books.
(3) Simplify the process of borrowing and returning books. Realize the intelligent book borrowing and returning process, improving the security of information storage, the reliability of information reading and writing, and the speed of borrowing and returning books.
(4) Improve the satisfaction of borrowers, and liberate library staff from the daily heavy and repetitive work.
(5) Improve the work efficiency of staff. The application of the library management system will effectively reduce the workload of front-line staff, improve work efficiency, and improve collection management capabilities.
(6) Returning the book shelf, with the help of the self-designed and developed smart library cart, the efficiency of returning books to the shelf is greatly increased.
(7) Shelf patrol work, portable RFID readers can easily find books that are not on the shelf or in disorder, making the shelf patrol work more accurate.
(8) Shelving and falling of thematic books. The efficient batch processing function can quickly complete the reconfirmation of the book shelf position, effectively solving the problem of thematic book shelves and falling shelves.
(9) Book inventory. The RFID reader can read several RFID tag data at a time, which improves the efficiency of document inventory and reduces the workload of inventory.
(10) Book collection. In the past, the single-book entry into the collection was transformed into a batch entry method, which significantly improved the efficiency of book entry, which is particularly important for the work of book entry during the relocation of the new library.
2. Construction focus
The construction of this system will develop a first-class RFID library intelligent management system with a pioneering and innovative spirit, and use the radio frequency identification technology system to identify, track and protect all library materials, simplify the borrowing and returning of books, and fully realize the intelligence of library document management To improve the work efficiency and service level, to reform the old working concepts and methods, to truly allow users to "get what they ask for and return with satisfaction", and to promote the service quality and image of the library.
Outline design
1. Summary ideas
Information technology is the most important technical support of modern libraries. Collection of books and documents is the most basic resource entity of the library, and the provision of documents is the most important service content of the library. At present, the technical means of "secure magnetic stripe + barcode" is widely used in the domestic library management system. The security magnetic stripe is used as the safety guarantee of the books, and the barcode is used as the ID card of the books, which solves some problems in the book management, but there are still There are many problems. With the passage of time, the barcodes of many books fall off and cannot be borrowed or returned normally. The use of RFID technology has the characteristics of high security, good concealment, and long service life, and can better liberate the library. The labor force of the staff can quickly realize the borrowing and returning of books.
2. Overall process
The system utilizes related circulation equipment and RFID reading and writing equipment to realize the functions of book self-service borrowing and returning, librarian workstation, inventory search, anti-theft, etc.
Introduction to RFID system
RFID is a non-contact automatic identification technology. It uses radio frequency signals to automatically identify target objects and obtain relevant data. The identification work does not require human intervention. The RFID application system has a series of advantages such as non-contact, long working distance, high accuracy, automatic and quick information collection and processing, and good environmental adaptability. It can not only replace the traditional manual entry method, greatly improve the operating efficiency of the enterprise, but also because of its advanced The automatic identification function can easily achieve tasks that were previously difficult to complete manually, and provide strong support for improving the competitive advantage of the enterprise and enhancing the core competitiveness of the enterprise.
The most basic RFID system consists of the following three parts
1) Tag: It is composed of coupling components and chips. Each tag has a unique electronic code and is attached to the object to identify the target object;
2) Reader: A device for reading (and sometimes writing) tag information, which can be designed as a handheld or fixed type;
3) Computer system: including middleware, system application software, etc.
RFID system principle
An electronic tag generally stores electronic data in an agreed format. In practical applications, the electronic tag is attached to the surface of the object to be identified. The reader can read and identify the electronic data stored in the electronic tag without contact, so as to achieve the purpose of automatically identifying the object. Usually the reader is connected to the computer, and the read tag information is transferred to the computer for further processing. The RFID information processing system (ie, back-end application support software) integrates the tag data collected by the reader.
System composition
The RFID library system consists of hardware, computer integrated equipment, and software. Data exchange is carried out through network connection or data copy. The connection between the terminal software and the library management system service center complies with the relevant protocols in the library industry and computer network protocols. The system topology is as follows:
1. Software composition
The software includes two parts: system software and customized R&D software. The system software includes database management system, application middleware and character recognition OCR software. The functional structure of the customized library management system is as follows:
Label conversion and production The production of RFID tags is completed, the borrowing and returning system realizes the circulation and borrowing management of books, etc. The literature search is convenient for borrowers or staff to search for books, and the shelf and navigation system provide intelligent and fast book positioning and positioning. Shelves, collection lists provide an intelligent library, and the book catalog management system is aimed at the library to manage national book catalogs.
2. Hardware composition
(1) Computer host network equipment
The system includes a database system and an application system, which need to be deployed on a server. This system needs a server for system operation. The data return of RFID tags in the library is realized by a combination of wireless network and wired network. A wireless AP is deployed in each library for the signal access of handheld devices and smart library carts. The wireless AP is connected to the core switching device through a wired network, and the computer network is deployed through the ceiling.
(2) Safety equipment
In order to monitor the books for the personnel entering the library, this system uses RFID radio frequency technology to automatically transmit the books to the network database.
The RFID library management system includes: label conversion system, self-service library system, self-service library system, intelligent search system, cart-style inventory system, and security door detection system.
(3) RFID related equipment
For RFID tags in the system, there are many types of book RFID tags, shelf tags, layer tags, etc., and label printing equipment is required. Books and RFID tags store the basic ID of a book, and it is not recommended to store information; the shelf label adopts a passive label, which is used to store the single-sided and single-linked information of a book shelf, while achieving long-distance information transmission and regionalization; layer labeling It is used to store the single-sided and single-layer information of a book shelf.
Smart book counting carts and handheld devices can support reading and writing UHF and active tags. Through the RFID reader to read the RFID tags pasted on the literature, the library shelf, and the RFID library card, with the help of the back-end RFID management system and the library automation integration system, the library can borrow the literature, the library shelf, and the staff. Integrated management of return, return and collection.
3. RFID project and library software interface
The system supports the library SIP2 interface, which is well compatible with the existing campus library management system library management system.
System Features
1. The principle of practicality
Under the condition of meeting system application function requirements and system performance requirements, and ensuring the safety and reliability of the system, software, hardware, and network products are selected with the highest cost-effective systems and products. The entire system should be easy to manage, easy to maintain, easy to operate, easy to learn, easy to use, easy to configure the system, well monitored and controlled in terms of equipment, safety, data flow, performance, etc., and can be remotely managed and fault diagnosed .
2. Security principle
The user's data on the information platform is the user's business secret, and maintaining the user's data security and confidentiality is to maintain the authority and credit of the information platform. Therefore, it is very important to adopt advanced security technologies such as authentication technology, key technology and WEB security access technology to improve the security and confidentiality of the system.
3. Principle of reliability
The system provided by the platform needs to have error handling, fault tolerance, and redundant backup capabilities, so that the entire logistics business information system will not be paralyzed due to partial failures. All core equipment, including host servers, core switches, etc., adopt redundant design schemes to ensure that: one equipment fails, the other equipment can continue to work without losing data, and the failed equipment is isolated and The operation of the system will not be affected when repairing.
4. Advanced principle
First of all, the selected system platform should be advanced. Choose advanced technology and mature products, and at the same time have perfect after-sales services; secondly, system planning and design should be advanced. Adopt advanced system planning and design concepts, technologically advanced computer software and hardware and network technology for design and development.
5. Standardization principle
All aspects of the system platform, network management, project management, system maintenance specification formulation, etc. all follow common international or industry standards, so that the system can support the interconnection of various heterogeneous platforms and different network protocols.
6. The principle of scalability
Business requirements will continue to evolve, and when the existing system cannot meet application requirements, the system will face upgrading. Therefore, the design of the system must have a certain expansion capability and leave room for upgrades to meet the needs of future business development.
RFID library application advantages
Electronic tags (RFID) have a dual role: on the one hand, identification is used to track and count items; on the other hand, they are used for security protection of items. In other words, RFID has both identity recognition and anti-theft functions. This feature of RFID greatly improves the data processing capability, and the data circulation process can be completed quickly and accurately through a simple single operation.
1. Simplify the process of borrowing and returning books and improve circulation efficiency
The existing book borrowing and returning process still needs to manually open the title page of the book and find the position of the barcode before scanning the barcode. Such an operation process is still relatively cumbersome, and the efficiency of borrowing and returning books is relatively low. At the same time, barcodes are easily damaged, which will not only affect the efficiency of borrowing and returning books, but also affect the degree of satisfaction of borrowers with the library. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce advanced reading and writing technology to realize an automated book borrowing and returning process, improving the security of information storage, improving the reliability of information reading and writing, and increasing the speed of borrowing and returning books. The self-service borrowing and returning of books in the RFID system supports the borrowing and returning of more than 10 books at a time (restrictions can be flexibly set), which greatly improves the efficiency.
2. Significantly reduce the workload of book inventory and search
Relying on manual book inventory work, especially the workload of book shelf books inventory is too large and inefficient. When a librarian takes inventory of books on a shelf, he must classify, place and record books based on his own memory, which is time-consuming and difficult to achieve. The introduction of advanced RFID book inventory tools and methods can realize automatic or semi-automatic book inventory. RFID has the characteristics of non-contact, long-distance, and fast reading of multiple tags, which makes the inventory work simple and effective. RFID makes it easy to inventory from inability to inventory; similarly, it can easily achieve functions such as shelf-sending; it can be based on the library The physical route (equivalent to electronic ground) instructs the librarian to visit the collection at the correct location.
3. Change the disconnection between borrowing management and safety and omission prevention process
The library anti-theft system is still an isolated anti-theft system. Books must be magnetized before being returned and put on the shelves. Books must be demagnetized when they are loaned out. The workload is relatively large and directly affects the efficiency of book circulation and book management. It is impossible to record the information of the lost books while discovering the lost books, which has a great impact on the daily inventory and replenishment of books. The RFID system improves the existing management system, links the omission prevention system with the book circulation management system, records the historical record of each book in and out of the library, so that it can match the historical record of borrowed and returned books.
4. Improve the job satisfaction of library staff
Due to the repetitive work of the library staff over the years and the heavy work of the library itself, it is easy for the library staff to have certain negative thoughts about the library work; due to management defects, the library management Librarians are also very troubled with the management of the library, and the borrowers also expressed dissatisfaction with the library, resulting in a decrease in library staff’s satisfaction with library work. Through the application of the library's RFID system, it is possible to make up for the shortcomings in management, and at the same time free the staff from the heavy and repetitive work of the library, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1) RFID technology greatly reduces the workload of circulation, and the remaining circulation work is also automated with RFID technology, which greatly improves the enthusiasm and mental outlook of circulation librarians.
2) RFID technology has also liberated a large number of circulation librarians, allowing them to engage in other advanced consulting work, such as mobile services, holding lectures, exhibitions, and training.
3) The main work of library personnel is shifting from circulation to consulting, which will help the library to improve the quality of its personnel. More professionals will join, which will help improve other services of the library.
5. Improve the satisfaction of borrowers
1) Borrowers often feel dissatisfied with the library. The main reasons are as follows:
①Because the library does not have effective means to take inventory of books, but because the management system does not have accurate records, the result is that books can be found in the borrower system, but they are actually not found;
②Because the efficiency of borrowing and returning books is low, the waiting time for borrowing and returning books is too long, and the borrowers waste time needlessly, resulting in dissatisfaction;
③In the borrowed and returned books, there are information reading errors and the bar codes cannot be read, which increases the waiting time of the borrower and causes the borrower to be dissatisfied.
With the continuous enhancement of the society's awareness of service, borrowers have higher and higher requirements for library services. The library needs to urgently improve the service level and improve the satisfaction of borrowers.
2) The use of RFID system in the library can have the following influences on borrowers:
① Avoid waiting in line, more convenient and faster;
②Privacy and independence;
③New feelings brought by high technology.
6. Changed the service mode of the library
1) Reorganization of library business processes: RFID has liberated a large number of personnel in the circulation department, making library business process reorganization necessary and feasible; the library will shift from collection-centric to borrower-centric, and provide it to borrowers The service will be diversified, advanced and humanized.
2) The importance of reference work is becoming more and more prominent: the reference work of the library is an intermediary between the borrower and the information materials, thus distinguishing the library from general information tools or networks. After the circulation work of the library fades, reference and consultation work will become the main work of the library.
3) Dissatisfied with the development of field services and traditional services, make full use of various facilities and technical conditions to provide diversified and personalized services to the public, extend the breadth and depth of the library's services, and improve the capacity of public cultural services.
7. The library adopts RFID technology for comprehensive digital management
In addition to books, CDs, and collections of treasures, the library also needs to digitize other aspects of management. For example: the management of borrowers, administrative management, small consumption, etc., traditional management is time-consuming, laborious, inefficient, and inconvenient for borrowers and librarians. Through RFID technology, these links can be effectively digitized.
Through the use of RFID technology, the library can realize the function of rapid inventory counting, real-time material identification and security and anti-theft functions when borrowing/returning books, fast and accurate database checking and updating functions, etc., which makes the work of librarians even more Easy and simple.
The RFID tag system can be used simultaneously with traditional security systems, and can be seamlessly connected with the existing library infrastructure and integrated library system (ILS).
In summary, the benefits that RFID brings to libraries are obvious. These benefits ultimately boil down to "strengthening library management and meeting the needs of borrowers".
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