Tramelton Corporation provides technologies for automation of Library Systems for Universities, Public Libraries and Academic Institutions. Our technologies are designed to ensure real-time library asset tracking. The library management system is built on Tramelton's high performance RFID technology.

RFID is a technology that is sparking interest in the library community because of its applications that promise to increase efficiency, productivity and enhance user satisfaction.
Globally emerging knowledge-based societies of the twenty first century will need information to sustain their growth and prosperity. With intellectual capital as investments, knowledge and information have become wealth generators. In this scenario, who can deny the importance of libraries, which are repositories of reference resources?

A library stacked with books and other information dissemination processes, has a physical presence. A library is an institution of knowledge acquisition and learning; it provides invaluable service to its members, patrons and to a wider local community.

Current library management systems use barcode technology and security strips. Using barcodes, a library management system can keep records of lending, borrowing and shelving status of items such as books, audio or video tapes, CDs, DVDs, etc. Security strips on library items tag their movements. But barcodes and security strips (electronic article surveillance or EAS) have their limitations. They are slow to read and are prone to sabotaging by thieves. All these lead to irreparable loss to a library and its valuable inventory stock. This is where RFID technology can come to the aid of library managers and users.

Many libraries are switching over to RFID applications, for example, the Vatican Library. With its priceless, ancient collections of 2 million books and manuscripts, the Vatican Library is now using RFID to track, manage and secure its assets. The main problem these ancient libraries face are thefts, non-returns and mis-filed items. It is expected that by adopting an RFID solution the Vatican Library will be able to control misuse of its library and at the same time provide its users the best possible facilities and access to rare manuscripts.

RFID technology is not just there to tags books and other library assets; it will provide a comprehensive route for enhancing all library services and upgrade operations for everyone concerned with the library.
It is in this regard that Tramelton Corporation; a United States based information technology company has proposed to implement a Library Management System to help in the organizing and securing library materials.
 

What Our RFID Technology Offers

For a library, smart labels have several added advantages over EAS and barcodes. One of the major benefits of an RFID system in a library is the ease of check-in and check-out of library items. Patrons can self check-in and check-out library items, saving themselves valuable time. To understand this in details, let us see how a smart label on an item communicates.

In a library, an RFID system consists of:

• A smart label
• A reader or a hardware for interrogating the smart label
• A software for controlling the hardware and decoding the responses from smart labels

Since RFID tags do not have line of sight requirements:

• Many items can be read simultaneously even whilst stacked
• Items do not have to be opened and scanned one at a time
• Items in multiple formats like books, CDs, etc. can be read at the same time

Automated counters, which read RFID signals, can help patrons:

• To self check-in/out of items from a height adjustable counter (may be placed anywhere suitable within the library)
• To quickly renew their issued out items
• To obtain a receipt of the transaction

These automated self check-in/out counters are suitable for children and persons with physical disabilities.