I have not had experience in a museum setting, but I am a grad student
working on a project specifically dealing with how RFID can be implemented
in interactive systems. We created a report which describes the fundamentals
of this technology, its history, the current application areas and
suppliers, as well as thoughts about the future. Within three weeks I will
also have a paper specifically about the extensions of this technology for
museums, with a report on a system for visitor custom wayfinding that uses
RFID.
I can't attach the report here, and I haven't had any luck posting to the
docs list, so I guess if you'd like a copy of the general report or the
museum report, email me off-line and I'll send it to you.
Chris Noessel
Grad Student
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
http://www.interaction-ivrea.it/
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Subject: Re: RFID technology
Please answer this request on-line.
Thanks,
Ted A. Greenberg,
Head Registrar-LACMA
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> From: KIRSTIN HOLM[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:24 PM
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> Subject: RFID technology
>
> I'm looking into getting some type of tracking system for the objects in
> the museum's collection. Bar coding is one option I'm thinking about, but
> I am more interested in RFID tracking, which uses radio frequencies to
> transmit information to hand held scanners. The beauty of RFIDs is that
> you can just wand over the objects and get all the information, rather
> than having to move or handle the object. And having just completed an
> inventory of the entire museum's collection, it would be a definate plus
> to not have to search for accession numbers on saddles! Has anyone had any
> experience with bar coding or RFIDs - how are they working out? And if so,
> what type of database do you use? We use ARGUS at the moment.
>
> thanks in advance -
>
>
> Kirstin Holm
> Collections Manager for
> Permanent Collections
> Autry Museum of Western Heritage
> 4700 Western Heritage Way
> Los Angeles, CA 90027
> (323) 667-2000, ext. 210
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