2010, April 12 - Huntsville, AL. Multnomah County (Oregon, USA) Library has completed three phases of integrating a full range of BiblioChip RFID solutions at three of its 18 locations: Central, Kenton, and Midland; the remaining 15 branches are to be outfitted by December 2011.

The library's multi-phase investment in Bibliotheca systems began with BiblioChip RFID tags that comply with the Open Danish Data Model, meaning these tags are readable by Bibliotheca systems and other vendors' systems. Phase 2 involved implementation of the BiblioChip suite of solutions throughout the library's branches, including Biblio StaffStation units with shielded antenna pads for use by library circulation staff, even in metallic environments, and transparent, highly efficient BiblioGate VI security equipment.

In the third phase of Multnomah County Library's RFID plans, Bibliotheca's open, interoperable RFID solutions were integrated with Innovative Interface's Millennium Express Lane software for easy-to-use patron self-service capabilities.

"With annual circulation in excess of 20 million items, MCL is in an enviable position among urban libraries," said Vailey Oehlke, director of Multnomah County Library. "This RFID implementation with Bibliotheca will allow us to keep up with our ever-increasing materials handling workload and provide even better service to library patrons."

About Multnomah County Library

Multnomah County Library is the oldest public library west of the Mississippi, with a history that reaches back to 1864. Today, Central Library and the 17 other neighborhood libraries that make up the library system house 480 computer search stations for the public and a collection of two million books and other library materials.

As Oregon's largest public library, Multnomah County Library serves nearly one-fifth of the state's population with a wide variety of programs and services.