User's Manual

1-6 ILS 2.5 User Guide
System Overview
The following sections describe how the Intelligent Library System interacts with a
library’s circulation system to maintain its collection.
How RF Query Circuits
The Intelligent Library components - Self-Checkout Station, Intelligent Sensor, Staff
Station Reader, and Portable Reader - all use a Radio Frequency (RF) antenna and
transceiver system (interrogator) which detects and reads the Intelligent Circulation
Circuits. Communications occur when an interrogator’s radio field is triggered by a circuit
passing through it. When energized, the circuit presents the programmed item-specific
information to the interrogator for further processing.
Figure 1.3 Circulation Circuit Interrogated
The data, routed by the Intelligent Library Controller, is compared to the Library
Management System (LMS) database, in order to identify the checkout status of an item.
How ILS Maintains the Library’s Collection Database
The Intelligent Library Controller is the communications gateway between the ILS
subsystems and the library’s Library Management System (LMS) so that the check-in,
self-checkout, inventory management, and security activities can all be accomplished.
All library materials including books, CD/DVD materials, videotapes, and cassettes are
tagged with a permanent RFID Circulation Circuit™ (inventory tag). This tag contains
information that uniquely identifies the item within the library circulation database. Patron
cards identify patrons when the card is scanned at the Self-Checkout Station. The card
stores coded information unique to the individual patron that identifies the user to the
Library Management System. The patron can then be validated as eligible or ineligible to
use the library checkout privilege.
Sample Interrogator
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