MJ, I may be able to shake loose some funding for this. I'm pretty sure I could help you get an development partner (library) with RFID self-check and ISO 28560 compliant tags.
Do you have a more format spec or RFC? Lori On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM, MJ Ray <m...@phonecoop.coop> wrote: > aj...@maxenna.com wrote: > > I have recently installed Koha3.4 on Ubuntu. > [...] > > But what we want to implement is an RFID reader instead of the barcode > > scanner. Each book will have a RFID tag. The patron will pick the books > > from the shelf and bring it and place some books on top of RFID reader > > which will read all the books at once, say for example 4-5 books at once. > > > > My doubt is how can I read this information into koha. Any suggestion > > please. > > I have code for this. It works basically like you describe, although > I note that reading tags on electronic kit is a bit of a pain. Even > DVDs will shield some tags, so choose carefully. > > The last release was for 3.0, which is just being end-of-lifed. It > needs updating for 3.4 and the recent ISO standard for RFID tags, but > is already in use by at least one library. I plan to be updating it > for 3.4 and then 3.6 as soon as funding is agreed. It will go quicker > with either help or additional funding. Do you have either? > > More details or a place to subscribe for news: > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2244 > > Hope that helps, > -- > MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. > Webmaster, Debian Developer, Past Koha RM, statistician, former lecturer. > In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html > Available for hire for various work through http://www.software.coop/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com <lori.a...@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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