Locate Items Quickly

Inventory is the only way libraries can truly keep track of their items. But inventory is a difficult, time-consuming project dreaded by library staff. Tech Logic's inventory system is designed to help your staff gather inventory information and locate items in your collection - with as little bending and reaching as possible. Sweep the Wand Style RFID Hand-Held Reader in front of items in a collection to create your inventory list. Generate reports that list books and items that you're trying to find (holds, lost items, etc.). Attach the pocket PC included with the system and easily find lost or missing items.

Tech Logic Inventory Control Components

The Tech Logic inventory control system includes the following components:

• Pocket PC and a handheld RFID device your staff will use to build an inventory file. The handheld RFID device, in the form of a wand or gun, reads barcodes from the RFID tags attached to library materials. When the reader is attached to the pocket PC running the inventory application, staff members can simply sweep the RFID reader in front of items in a collection to create a list of your inventory. The barcodes attached to the items are scanned, displayed on the pocket PC's screen, and written to a text file.

• Mobile Material Handling Reports can be generated by your integrated library system that list books and items that your library is trying to find (holds, missing items, etc.). The Mobile Material Handling application works as an Inventory Server to convert these reports -- regardless of which integrated library system (ILS) you use -- from your system's format to a format recognizable by the pocket PC. In this way, the Mobile Material Handling application accommodates different report formats generated from all of the different ILS formats. The file server is also used to route destinations of file locations and can send search lists generated by your ILS to the pocket PC. You can easily locate items by attaching the Wand Style RFID Hand-Held Reader to the pocket PC.

Inventory doesn't have to be difficult. It just has to be accurate, efficient, and easy.