Hi Marie,
Your decision to use bar codes in this cases seems well founded. However, my
some types seem to fade spontaneously over a longer period, depending on the
type of paper and ink used. In your case, you don't want to replace them
every ten years. We learned this the hard way...
Pekka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie O'Connell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] RFID
> Thank you
>
> We are not a library, we are a broadcasting sound archive. Most, and I
> mean most, of our items may get pulled out once in 10 or 12 years, or
> never
> (depending on anniversaries, etc). My gut instinct is to use barcodes,
> because we can do that for virtually no investment and maintain our
> accession number, which has been the whole purpose of this exercise,
> re-numbering artifacts that have no meaningful number when we go to
> preserve
> it. Plus, the only people handling these are archivists, and not
> patrons/normal humans (hehe), so I would trust the barcode would remain
> intact for a long time.
>
> I looked at the Wiki page and found it kinda useful.
>
> Will keep you posted as to what we do.
>
> Cheers
> Marie
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marie
>> I'm not sure how much research you have put into RFID yet but Wikipedia
>> will at least give you some idea:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification
>>
>> For archival storage you would have to consider passive RFID because the
>> active versions require a battery. To my knowledge, there is no evidence
>> of
>> RFID chips having any affect on nearby magnetic media. The chips are
>> being
>> implanted in credit cards and passports for example which have adjacent
>> magnetic stripes. The RF power generated by even the high output active
>> RFID
>> chips is so low that it's hard to imagine how they would affect the
>> coercivity of pre recorded audio tape. Video tape (I would think) with
>> it's
>> very high coercivity would be out of the question.
>>
>> You would be using passive RFID that would only be read (energized or
>> resonated if you will) once or twice a year for inventory purposes. I
>> can't
>> imagine their being a problem for long term storage.
>>
>> I suspect that your biggest consideration at this point would be cost.
>> The
>> technology may not be cost effective unless you have tens of thousands of
>> units to inventory.
>>
>> My greatest concern would be backwards compatibility. If you implement
>> RFID
>> 4.0 today will it be readable in 25 years by RFID 10.2.1? For the
>> present, I
>> wouldn't abandon your barcode system and look into the possible addition
>> of
>> RFID.
>>
>> I'm still a fan of the old fashioned printed label on the binder or
>> somewhere else in addition to whatever computerized system that's in
>> place.
>> It only takes one data entry error and then........
>>
>> Keep us posted!
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Corey Bailey
>>
>>
>>
>> At 07:37 PM 12/13/2009, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> We need to renumber some of our older accessions and have been
>>> considering
>>> barcodes with the accession number included. It was suggested to me
>>> today
>>> that we could be using RFID (radio frequency ID). As I know virtually
>>> nothing about them I have an uneasy feeling about applying this
>>> technology
>>> to magnetic tape boxes and reels.
>>>
>>> Does any audio visual archive use this technology on its tape boxes
>>> and/or
>>> reels?
>>> Is there any danger to the magnetic tape itself, considering both the
>>> box
>>> and reel would need the same identifier?
>>> Can the actual accession number be put on these so as to be seen
>>> visibly?
>>>
>>> Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Marie
>>>
>>
>
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