Library RFID Technology: Microchips may ease work at Kent Library

From The Grand Rapids Press, MI ... The board on Thursday heard a presentation about Radio Frequency Identification technology -- RFID -- from the Dale Atkins, the district's information ...

... The Kent District Library Board of Trustees next week will consider spending $1.7 million to put microchips in their books, CDs and videotapes to make it easier to borrow library materials. The board on Thursday heard a presentation about Radio Frequency Identification technology -- RFID -- from the Dale Atkins, the district's information technology manager. He said the technology that is used in more than a dozen library systems on the east side of the state would make circulation of library materials faster and more efficient. ...