[Libs-Or] FW: RFID Tagging

[Cindy Gibbon]

Margaret, thanks for correcting that.  We are, in fact, now using the
X-range tags too!

Cindy

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


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:50 AM, ALEXANDER Margaret <
Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us> wrote:

>  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
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> *From:* ALEXANDER Margaret [mailto:Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us
> <Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:44 AM
> *To:* cindyg at multcolib.org; Ted Smith
> *Cc:* libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* RE: [Libs-Or] RFID Tagging
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> Ted,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> -Margaret
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> *Margaret Alexander*
>
> *Librarian Manager, Technology & Facilities*
>
> *Eugene Public Library*
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> *100 w. 10th Ave*
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> *Eugene, OR*
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> *541-682-6015 <541-682-6015>*
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> *From:* Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> <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>
> *Cc:* libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Libs-Or] RFID Tagging
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> 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
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> *Fax:*  503.988.5441
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> cindyg at multcolib.org
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> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Ted Smith <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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