Monday, August 06, 2007

Capital bgt (Library)

We're up to section 7 of 9 sections in the capital budget. The last two sections are Parks & Rec and the schools.

As you can see, there's nothing in year one:

$200,000 in year two for outfitting 120,000 items with a radio frequency ID:

Tim White
Town Council, Budget Committee

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 08, 2007 11:13 AM

    Is their a payback? For $200,000 you can buy a lot of books.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 09, 2007 2:05 PM

    With publishers leaning towards rfid tagging anyhow and libraries around the country signing up, it's probably inevitable.

    However, the cost may drop through the floor as more retailers get involved, and it's likely that non-proprietary standards will be imposed at some point (w/ possible re-tagging).

    Then again, since even passive rfid transmits a return signal, maybe the librarians can locate overdue books through routine neighborhood scans.

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