4. RFID @ Cardiff
2006: RFID in Libraries Conference
2009: Ready to build on RFID investment
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5. 16,000 books
(at the start!)
350m shelving
1700 Students
100 PostGrads
200 Academics /
Research Staff
6. 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
7. smartBlade Hardware
• 5 antennas per shelf
= 1 Blade set…
• …wired into
controller above
shelves
• Blades are much
skinnier than old
shelf supports
• Very strong