Check with the Registrars at the Walker Art Center. They are using RFID with their works on paper collection. The Walker Registrars presented a session at AAM last year, along with a paper conservator from Upper Midwest Conservation Association, about their project. Kristen S. Watts Associate Registrar The Mint Museums Mint Museum of Craft + Design/ Mint Museum of Art 704-337-2058 [log in to unmask] www.themintmuseums.org <http://www.themintmuseums.org/> 70 YEARS The Mint Museums: 1936-2006 Celebrating the Past, Envisioning the Future ________________________________ From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carrie Snow Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Using RFID technology We have a large office art collection, spread over four buildings, that can take a great deal of time to inventory. Our IT guy is looking into RFID to help us track and inventory the collection. I've looked in the Archives and haven't found an institution that uses RFID. Has anybody implemented RFID in their museum? Carrie Snow Carrie Snow Supervisor Collections Care- Art and Artifacts Museum of Church History and Art 45 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 (801) 240-4619 (801) 240-5342 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).