<p>Delhi University colleges have been rooting for digitisation of libraries for long. The process is still incomplete in many colleges, but Hansraj College and Rajguru College have developed the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system where students can issue books without a librarian’s help.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system is functional at many big libraries in Delhi, like the Indian Institute of Technology library and the British Council library.<br /><br />With this technology students can issue books without help of the librarian at any hour. But in Delhi University timings will be a constraint and libraries will shut down at 5 pm, said Mithu Raj, professor of English at Hansraj College.<br /><br />Students are excited about the new technology as they said that the earlier one was rather tedious. <br /><br />“Now students can come and issue as many books they require. It works just like an ATM machine and your Metro smart card,” said Neeraj V Murali, 3rd year English (hons) student at Hansraj.<br /><br />Raj said, this technology may be interrupted because some of the books are yet not digitised, but still all in all it is a good measure. <br /><br />In the RFID system, students will be given an id card which will be linked to a machine in the library. <br /><br />When students take a book they don’t have to stand in the queue to issue it, the machine will register it once they press the book against it. <br /><br />Also, if someone is not pressing their book against the machine and intending to run away with it, the machine will raise a buzzer alarm.<br /><br />“Dates of issues can be extended and the fines will also be recorded,” said Mithu Raj.<br />But Neeraj said, that librarians in Hansraj were lenient and they also put relaxation in their fines, if one extended their date of return for books, which may not be possible anymore.<br /><br />“Hansraj has some old edition books from 1950s and such, which many libraries don’t have. One can neither get them photocopied nor read them within the estimated time of return. In this case, librarians used to be approachable and we were able to keep the books for longer,” said Neeraj.<br /><br />Mithu Raj said that after implementing this new technology there are scopes of many changes. “One can let students issue books beyond library hours during exams,” he said.</p>
<p>Delhi University colleges have been rooting for digitisation of libraries for long. The process is still incomplete in many colleges, but Hansraj College and Rajguru College have developed the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system where students can issue books without a librarian’s help.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system is functional at many big libraries in Delhi, like the Indian Institute of Technology library and the British Council library.<br /><br />With this technology students can issue books without help of the librarian at any hour. But in Delhi University timings will be a constraint and libraries will shut down at 5 pm, said Mithu Raj, professor of English at Hansraj College.<br /><br />Students are excited about the new technology as they said that the earlier one was rather tedious. <br /><br />“Now students can come and issue as many books they require. It works just like an ATM machine and your Metro smart card,” said Neeraj V Murali, 3rd year English (hons) student at Hansraj.<br /><br />Raj said, this technology may be interrupted because some of the books are yet not digitised, but still all in all it is a good measure. <br /><br />In the RFID system, students will be given an id card which will be linked to a machine in the library. <br /><br />When students take a book they don’t have to stand in the queue to issue it, the machine will register it once they press the book against it. <br /><br />Also, if someone is not pressing their book against the machine and intending to run away with it, the machine will raise a buzzer alarm.<br /><br />“Dates of issues can be extended and the fines will also be recorded,” said Mithu Raj.<br />But Neeraj said, that librarians in Hansraj were lenient and they also put relaxation in their fines, if one extended their date of return for books, which may not be possible anymore.<br /><br />“Hansraj has some old edition books from 1950s and such, which many libraries don’t have. One can neither get them photocopied nor read them within the estimated time of return. In this case, librarians used to be approachable and we were able to keep the books for longer,” said Neeraj.<br /><br />Mithu Raj said that after implementing this new technology there are scopes of many changes. “One can let students issue books beyond library hours during exams,” he said.</p>
