Near Filed Communication Based Library Automation System
Amol Dnyaneshwar Potgantwar, Vijay M. Wadhai · 2014
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a standards - based, short range wireless communication technology which val i dates two - way interaction between electronic devices allowing contactless transactions and provides an ease to connect devices with a s i n gle touch. NFC allows exchange of information between devices within 10cm range. NFC is an off shot of radio - frequency identification (RFID) which combines interface of smartcard and a reader into a single device. NFC technology is based on an initiator and target where initiator starts communication by producing magnetic induction field while target plays the role of receiver by using this magnetic field to activate itself and performs communication. In a library, the borrower picks up a book and goes to the librarian. The librarian enters the borrowers and book details into the database and issues the book. While the librarian is busy with this work there are chances were ce r tain malpractices like theft can be conducted. While the librarian is busy with this work then borrower have to wait for issuing the book. In this paper, library automation is to automatically issue books and return it. In simple words Library Automation can be defined as the use of smart phone to perform basic jobs of library like is sue of books, entry of borrowers and books details into the library database. Here we have opted to use NDEF for communication, NFC tags and NFC enabled smart phone. With implementation of such a cutting edge technology, an organization will not only be us ing the library efficiently but will also be effective in time.