02-14-2022, 01:05 PM
Thank you. I've found more information since I posted, including the very helpful ALA Libguide: https://libguides.ala.org/rfid-libraries, which in turn leads to the RFID Primer - by Lori Bowen Ayre (http://galecia.com/content/rfid-primer.
Ms Ayre does say that library RFID systems set up since 2012 must not demand proprietary RFID tags. That's excellent, but since our system was set up in 2008 I requested samples of the Block Lite tags anyway. Still, I am hopeful. And for what it's worth our Downtown Campus had some that they received in 2017, which do work, but since the item number has changed I am still waiting for the samples. Even at only $325.00 per roll of $2000.00, it's not an amount I would want to risk. Affordable Library Products and Budget Library Supplies both list them for that price. They are eVA vendors but not SWAM. But Jupiter Associates would probably procure them for a small markup, or the savings is great enough to justify not using SWAM in this case.
Ms Ayre does say that library RFID systems set up since 2012 must not demand proprietary RFID tags. That's excellent, but since our system was set up in 2008 I requested samples of the Block Lite tags anyway. Still, I am hopeful. And for what it's worth our Downtown Campus had some that they received in 2017, which do work, but since the item number has changed I am still waiting for the samples. Even at only $325.00 per roll of $2000.00, it's not an amount I would want to risk. Affordable Library Products and Budget Library Supplies both list them for that price. They are eVA vendors but not SWAM. But Jupiter Associates would probably procure them for a small markup, or the savings is great enough to justify not using SWAM in this case.
Lisa Bishop
Parham Campus Library
Reynolds Community College
lbishop@reynolds.edu
(804)523-5220
Parham Campus Library
Reynolds Community College
lbishop@reynolds.edu
(804)523-5220