Library

Item level RFID tagging is taking place in libraries across the world, with few differences between countries. It can subsume the anti-theft tag - no need for two tags. It can replace a barcode or written identity on a book, a DVD or a video tape in a library and it stocktakes and finding lost books etc can take place much more rapidly with RFID. It can make it possible to check items in and out of the library much faster, even using automatic machines as in Singapore, a country that has RFID tagged about 10 million library items - more than any other country. These are common features across the world and about 45 million library items have been tagged so far in about 20 countries, in the same way, to the same specifications and for the same reasons.

Laundry Item level tagging is done on laundry items too - about 70 million of these have been tagged to reduce losses, save costs and improve customer service. The methods and reasons for this are also similar across the world and everywhere there is a trend towards using the same frequency - 13.56 MHz as favoured for almost all library books and RFID smart cards globally. However, the ultimate potential for tagging library and laundry items across the world is under two billion yearly and the biggest potential for item level RFID tagging is in consumer goods and postal packages. Here progress and preferences are very different in different parts of the world.

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