Anonymous Patron writes “United Press International“
By GENE J. KOPROWSKI
CHICAGO, Oct. 21 (UPI) — A library patron ambles out the door, book in hand, without stopping by the librarian. Is this theft? No, it’s the new checkout procedure, made possible by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, experts tell United Press International’s Wireless World.
“Currently, approximately 120 million media and books in about 500 libraries worldwide are already attached with RFID labels,” Birgit Lindl, a spokeswoman for Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems AG, based in Munich, Germany, told Wireless World. “This is a remarkable number which is continually increasing.”
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