"Phil Suda" <psuda@slcl.org> wrote:
Does Koha support RFID, specifically Bibliotheca RFID? What problems are people facing in the way of RFID and Koha? Any and all advice, tips, suggestions, etc. are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Koha supports RFID through SIP and NCIP machines, but... I have a development version called Koha rfidEnabled which will be submitted to koha.org as soon as we can without disrupting our customers too much. I'm using DLP-RFID1 USB taggers with TagStar tags and aiming for ISO-28560-2 layout. These can be read and written through the circulation, cataloguing and tools. Bibliotheca RFID seems to be Danish Data Model, so it should be broadly compatible. http://www.bibliotheca-rfid.com/faq I've not tried it yet. The biggest problems are poor hardware and poor cooperation. There is still a lot for bad people to gain from trying to "capture" the RFID market before it becomes standardised and interoperable. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef). LMS developer and supporter for a small, friendly worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237