Use of RFID Technology in Panjab University Library: Users’ Approach towards Circulation of Library Materials

Abstract

RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is a means of identifying any object or person using radio frequency transmission. RFID has been used in different sectors in terms of improving their existing services and performance. Before RFID, barcode technology is such technology which has been used in the libraries all over the world to improve its services. RFID is the same technology as barcode but offers a much more benefits as compare to barcode. The paper discuss about the brief overview of RFID, its components and implementation of RFID in the A C Joshi Library. In this paper author has conducted a user’s study to know more about the awareness, use and their satisfaction about the RFID system implemented in the A C Joshi Library, Chandigarh.