[Libs-Or] FW: RFID Tagging

[ALEXANDER Margaret]

Sorry – Kristynn corrected me.  We are using the X-Range tag, not the StingRay.  The X-range is made by FCI Smartag, and resold by other vendors.  We found that it has a better read-range than the StingRay.  The X-range was developed with the help of Salt Lake County Libraries.

-Margaret

From: ALEXANDER Margaret [mailto:Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:44 AM
To: cindyg at multcolib.org<mailto:cindyg at multcolib.org>; Ted Smith
Cc: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: RE: [Libs-Or] RFID Tagging

Ted,

I also recommend the Stingray overlays, rather than donut tags or case tagging. They are slightly fiddly to apply, but provide a better read range (a challenge with metallic content media) and protect the item rather than the case.

Getting rid of security cases was one of the first things we did when we went to RFID – part of the point of our going to RFID was to reduce the repetitive/ergonomically challenging handling of materials by staff.

-Margaret

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Margaret Alexander
Librarian Manager, Technology & Facilities
Eugene Public Library
100 w. 10th Ave
Eugene, OR
541-682-6015



From: Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Cindy Gibbon
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 7:45 PM
To: Ted Smith <t.smith at newportlibrary.org<mailto:t.smith at newportlibrary.org>>
Cc: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] RFID Tagging

Hi Ted.  I have a little wisdom on this.  First, if you choose to tag discs, don't use the little donut tags.  They aren't effective and they come off easily inside people's DVD players.  If you are going to tag discs, get overlay tags.  We found the Stingray tags to be the best.  If you want sourcing info for those, we have that.
I will let someone else chime in on the issue of tagging cases vs. tagging discs.  We've tried security cases, but at the volume of circulation we do, they were too much work for us and for patrons.
Cindy

Cindy Gibbon
Access & Information Services Director
Multnomah County Library
Voice:  503.988.5496
Fax:  503.988.5441
cindyg at multcolib.org<mailto:cindyg at multcolib.org>


On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Ted Smith <t.smith at newportlibrary.org<mailto:t.smith at newportlibrary.org>> wrote:
We are starting to tag our collection for a move to RFID.  Regarding media items, specifically dvds and cds, I’d like to know how some of you chose to tag them.  Did you tag the dvd itself, or the case?  Or Both?  If you chose not to tag the dvd, did you make a decision to keep security cases on them?  If you only tagged the case, have you experienced a lot of theft of untagged dvds?  Thanks

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