We have about 140,000+ items with a circ that should hit 500,000 this year. We use the Sentry RFID and magnetic system with self checks. The system works with Evergreen and also really helps protect our DVDs and CDs. The self checks use SIP2 and seem to work well. Thanks. Rick
Richard Deuschle Director of Information and Facilities Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library 250 N. Fifth Street P.O. Box 840 Zionsville, IN 46077-0840 Phone: 317-873-3149 x13003 Fax: 317-873-8339 e-mail: [email protected] web pg: http://www.zionsville.lib.in.us "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes their way." Unknown "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it!" Charles R. Swindoll -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lin Light Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:12 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFID Thanks Lin Light Head of Computer & Technical Services Herrick District Library 300 South River Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Voice 616-355-3727 Fax 616-355-1426 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Jason Boyer <[email protected]> To: Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:52:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFID > We have 90,000+ items, an annual circ of 390,000+, and are using > Bibliotheca RFID as our vendor. They resell Tagsys gates and tags, and Feig pad readers. > We're happy enough with the hardware, but we can't update some > machines because their software won't work with Windows 7 64-bit. I'm > told this will be fixed sometime this year. > > The circ software works well with Evergreen, though it occasionally > has visual problems that require closing and restarting the rfid circ app. > The conversion software can also retrieve some details over SIP2, but > we don't currently use that feature of it. It's also not ready for 64-bit Windows. > > Jason > > -- > Jason Boyer, IT Specialist > Jackson County Public Library > 303 W Second St > Seymour, IN 47274 > > [email protected] > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Me too! I think we've asked this question a few times and gotten > > very essentially no responses. That said, someone somewhere > > reported using 3M RFID (tags? security gates? staff stations? self check-out? > > self-checkin? sorters?) > > > > Come out, come out wherever you are! > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Jesse Ephraim > > <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > >> I would be very interested in that information, too. > >> > >> Jesse Ephraim > >> > >> Director, Roanoke Public Library > >> 308 S. Walnut > >> Roanoke, Texas 76262 > >> (817) 491-2691 > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On > >> Behalf Of Lin Light > >> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:18 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFID > >> > >> I need do ask who is using RFID and what vendor are you using. > >> We are looking at our branch of 45,000 items but with a circ close > >> to 300K. > >> > >> Lin > >> > >> > >> Lin Light > >> Head of Computer > >> & Technical Services > >> Herrick District Library > >> 300 South River Ave. > >> Holland, MI 49423 > >> Voice 616-355-3727 > >> Fax 616-355-1426 > >> > >> > > ------- End of Original Message -------
