Very interesting article. I did not know how they worked, though I've often worked with them in libraries. Very daring of her to tell us all how to block them as well. So, Radio Frequency Identifier which can be switched on and off and carry information about which book it represents. There are also possibilities for RFIDs to make books automatically checked in a sorted into the correct bin upon return to the library. Self checkouts could make circulation staff obsolete: which Karen Coyle argues may not be a bad thing, but may spare people tedious boring hours checking out book s and the pain of repeated use injuries.
I had not heard of retail RFIDs, that will be interesting. I wonder then if they will still make RFIDs for libraries: more durable and able to be rewritten.
Commmon Types of Computer Networks: Youtube
I'm glad I watched this before reading wikipedia. I t was a nice and brief intro.
Computer Networks: wikipedia
We have, at our house, a wireless LAN. Before we got our own access, we could go out in the backyard with laptops and use our neighbor's LAN. This could be built, theoretically into a MAN, WAN, or GAN.
Do I access U Pitt's library through a CAN?
On the basic hardware: I really need to be able to sit in a classroom and work with this stuff beofre I can grasp what it is. Reading about it with no pictures or sense of placement is very confusing.
LAN: wikipedia
Again, what we use. I remember reading about ARCNET from our first week. Ethernet is the most common type, I do not think I've ever actually had ethernet.
Muddiest Point: again, hardware. This is stuff I want to learn about physically, not theoretically. It is the one regret I have about being an online student.
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Like you, I didn't realize that RFID was embedded everywhere and can track the mundane tasks of our daily lives. I do hope that RFID technology can be fitted for library use because I think it can relieve daily operations, but I still don't like the idea of automating everything.
Re: Muddiest point; You know i'm on-campus and we don't get "hands-on" hardware experience, I wish we did, even a lab would be useful.
It was interesting to read about the RFID--I didnt know that they were embedded in so many things either. I do think they are a good thing for a library--not only for self check out but also to keep track of books, CDs and any other library entity that may "wander away" on it's own.
i am a teacher, and i do not get much hand on experience on hardware in recent years. if it is about software, we still can download them to play with, whereas hardware is hard to get, and certainly not available for teacher and students to mess up.
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