We currently use barcodes and are researching RFID for inventory
purposes. RFID has the potential to speed up location inventory for us.
We are experimenting with a high frequency scanner. We have tried
attaching transponders to object ID tags that we tied to several
objects. And passed the scanner over the objects and the scanner was
able to read every tag. We have not yet field tested it yet, in other
words, we need to order more transponders and actually test it on a
shelf in a storage room, but it looks promising. The only drawback may
be that the scanner has to be too close 2 to the transponders to work
in an actual storeroom setting. With barcodes we have to pull the
objects from the shelf in order to scan each barcode. Just one of our
store rooms contains 60,000 objects so that completing an inventory of
that room even using barcodes is daunting. We are in the process of
completing a move of every object in that room to an off-site location
and we found barcodes to be a very effective means of tracking objects
through out the move process. But RFID could prove to be much quicker.
Paul Smutko
Senior Collections Manager
Museum of International Folk Art
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Paul.smutko at state.nm.us
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Cathryn Goodwin
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:33 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Bar-codes / RFID / Both?
Is your museum using RFID? Princeton University Art Museum is
researching the pros/cons of barcoding and RFID for inventory
management. Is RFID ready for use in location management? Are some
museums using it for other purposes (security/ visitor interaction? )
Thanks in advance
Cathryn Goodwin
Cathryn L. Goodwin
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.258.9374
cathryng at princeton.edu
President, MCN
www.mcn.edu
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