CASE:-RFID Propels the ANGKASA Library Management System

Q1: How can RFID technology simplify basic library processes like the lending and returns of books?


RFID technology has simplified the basic library processes like the lending and returns of books. Borrowers just need to simply place books and other material they want to borrow on the touch screen, and hand over their cards to the library staff.

The screen will automatically reads RFID tags, while the card reader opens up a member’s profile on the system for the staff to view. After that the receipt will be generated, and with the date of return clearly. This system eliminates the need for physical records, stamping, and other time-consuming activities involved in the process of checking a book out of a library. In addition, the system also minimizes human error.

Besides, returning books is also much easier now by using RFID technology, the borrowers just need to simply dropping their books at any time into a specially designed “drop box” machine in the library. There is a scanner within the drop box and it will scan the RFID tag of the dropped book and marks it as returned in the system. The return details will be updated accordingly and a proof-of-return slip is issued automatically straight away after the book being returned. The whole process is accomplished through a link between the RFID system and the library’s host computer. This eliminates the need for staff who would earlier have had to process all book returns manually, and is also convenient for borrowers, since they are allowed to return their books even when the library is closed and most importantly, the status of returned items is updated instantly, which means other members who are waiting for a particular item can acquire it at once.


Q2: What kind of technology does your school or university library use? Does IT play a crucial role in managing operations?


The technology helped to reduce the time of borrowing and returning the books just like what mentioned in the case study. Students in UCSI University return book by only inserting the book into the designated drop box in front of the library, and it helps to make the process more efficient and eliminate the manual process by the librarians and staff working in the library. By adopting the technology, not only librarian and library staff’s working burdens have been reduced, student’s time has been saved and it might be one of the reasons students are more willing to borrow books from their own university as it is not very troublesome and more satisfied.

Q3: How is RFID technology helping the Allianze University College of Medical Sciences library to detect and prevent the theft of books?

Through the installation of Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) gates in libraries, RFID tagging is extremely useful in preventing theft. The EAS gates are linked to the library’s surveillance station. Just like alarm systems in stores, a library member attempting to leave with an unissued item would trigger an alarm, because the gates can sense the book’s RFID tag within a range of 1 meter without interference of magnetic items. When someone passes through with an unissued item, an alarm is sounded and the gates are raised, an alarm is sounded, and the camera at the gates takes a photograph of the person and sends it to the surveillance station. Theft detection is a stand-alone technology that operates independently of the library database, but it is an integral part of managing the library at AUCMS.

评论

发表评论

此博客中的热门博文

case study :SCHIPHOL INTERNATIONAL HUB TO BECOME FAULTLESS: TRUTH OR DARE?

SCHIPHOL INTERNATIONAL HUB TO BECOME FAULTLESS: TRUTH OR DARE? 1.How many levels of complexity can you identify in Schiphol’s baggage conveyors network? There are four layers of complexity each of them is intermingled with others. The layers are given as below: 1.        The first level of complexity with Schiphol’s baggage conveyors network is where the bags are moved from check in area to departure gate. There was less coordination between software and hardware levels (e.g. conveyor belts, scanners, security checkers, etc.) 2.        The second level of complexity is at the level where the bags are moved gate to gate the place where the bag are handled by human support and aid the work (e.g. human baggage handlers) and also human-to-human relations (e.g. security officer with conveyor technician). 3.        Third level of complexity is at movement of the bogs from the arrival gate to the baggage claim where owner claim their bags from the security officers and conveyor tec
阅读全文

case study : IS SOCIAL BUSINESS WORKING OUT?

IS SOCIAL BUSINESS WORKING OUT? 1. Identify the management, organization, and technology factors responsible for impeding adoption of internal corporate social networks. Management:  Employees that are used to collaborating and doing business in more traditional ways need an incentive to use social software. Most companies are not providing that incentive: Only 22 percent of social software users believe the technology to be necessary to their jobs. Organization:  Companies that have tried to deploy internal social networks have found that employees are used to doing business in a certain way and overcoming the organizational inertia can prove difficult. Enterprise social networking systems were not at the core of how most of the surveyed companies collaborate. About half of the survey respondents said that internal social networks had “very little impact” on employee retention, the speed of decision making, or the reduction of meetings. Technology:  Ease of use and i
阅读全文

CASE :MWEB BUSINESS: HACKED

1.   What technology issues led to the security breach at MWEB? The technology issues are compromised subscribers account details, published logon and password details that were published on the internet by hackers and MWEB previous web based self-service management system outsource to Internet Solution not yet migrate to the new MWEB network. So the reason is hackers gained access to Web based Internet Solutions self-service management system and it led to security breach that MWEB don’t have total control. 2. What is the possible business impact of this security breach for both MWEB and its customers? Possible business impacts for MWEB are: 1.They have to notifying all customers and find fast solution like contacting these customers to reset their passwords, as an added security measure. 2.They have to work together with Internet Solution to solve this issue. They need to determine reason for breach and this leads to interruption of business processes. 3.They will lose tru
阅读全文