Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Library Use of RFID, 1-57440-186-6.

Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Library Use of RFID,
1-57440-186-6.

This study looks closely how academic, public and special libraries use RFID
technology.  The report gives detailed data from nearly 100 libraries
worldwide on spending on RFID sensors, gates, tags and other technology,
equipment and supplies, relating amounts spent, vendors used and
institutional experiences and assessments.  The report looks at security and
safety issues, privacy issues, impact on library staff, impact on
productivity, impact on patron theft, trends in use for non-book materials
and many other issues of concern to librarians using or thinking of using
RFID technology. Just a few of the study’s many findings are that:

•	In libraries that have already employed RFID, a mean of 85.27% of all
physical collection items are tracked with this technology
•	Libraries with budgets between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 spent a mean of
$96,517 (US) on RFID readers, wands, conveyors, gate sensors and other
technology.
•	26.67% of libraries using the technology said that it has led to less
patron theft.
•	The possibility of interference or erroneous check-out caused by RFID tag
proximity with multiple patrons is not a consideration for 33.8% of
libraries and is a modest issue for about 49.3%.

Data is broken out by library size, for US and non US libraries, for
academic, public and special libraries, and by other useful criteria. For
further information visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.