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Linda Davies from Cardiff University presented at Pecha Kucha at the RLUK Conference 2010
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smartBladeTM
pilot @ Cardiff University
RLUK Edinburgh 2010
Linda Davies Cardiff University
Duplication & Routine……..
2005: Library Review recommends self service
RFID @ Cardiff
2006: RFID in Libraries Conference
2009: Ready to build on RFID investment
X
16,000 books (at the start!)
350m shelving
1700 Students
100 PostGrads
200 Academics / Research Staff
So what do smartBlades do?
• Continously monitor the bookstock
• Checking against a locally held extract of the catalogue
• Display the real time location of a book
smartBlade Hardware
• 5 antennas per shelf = 1 Blade set…
• …wired into controller above shelves
• Blades are much skinnier than old shelf supports
• Very strong
Blade sequence
Home Page
Search Results
Biomed zones
Zone 1Zone 2
Zone 3
All copies should be here…
….but 2 copies are here.
…and the 2 stray copies on the shelf
Reports: Inventory
System Exception Report
Voyager record
Misplaced Items Report
Misplaced Items by Classmark
9 items, all on same shelf �
Need checking
All items on same shelves�
Benefits
Copes with variation in format & size
Work in progress
• Refining data extracts
• Stock Check
• Floor plans to show shelves
• Phase 2 – link to opac?
The End
Thank you
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