smartBladeTM

pilot @ Cardiff University

RLUK Edinburgh 2010

Linda Davies Cardiff University

Duplication & Routine……..

2005: Library Review recommends self service

RFID @ Cardiff

2006: RFID in Libraries Conference

2009: Ready to build on RFID investment

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16,000 books (at the start!)

350m shelving

1700 Students

100 PostGrads

200 Academics / Research Staff

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

smartBlade Hardware

• 5 antennas per shelf = 1 Blade set…

• …wired into controller above shelves

• Blades are much skinnier than old shelf supports

• Very strong

Blade sequence

Home Page

Search Results

Biomed zones

Zone 1Zone 2

Zone 3

All copies should be here…

….but 2 copies are here.

…and the 2 stray copies on the shelf

Reports: Inventory

System Exception Report

Voyager record

Misplaced Items Report

Misplaced Items by Classmark

9 items, all on same shelf �

Need checking

All items on same shelves�

Benefits

Copes with variation in format & size

Work in progress

• Refining data extracts

• Stock Check

• Floor plans to show shelves

• Phase 2 – link to opac?

The End

Thank you