User's Manual

Introduction: Components 1-11
ILS Without an LMS Connection
It is possible for ILS to operate without an active Library Management System (LMS)
interconnection using the ILS Bridge Interface feature. The Bridge Interface feature
allows libraries with non-supported circulation vendors or no circulation systems to use
the security and Staff Station Reader functionality of the ILS.
With the Bridge Interface, the user of the ILS Control program monitors and changes the
operation mode (check-in or checkout) of the Staff Station Readers. A library that is using
the Bridge Interface can use a Staff Station Reader for checkout, but cannot use a
Self-Checkout Station.
Components
The following sections describe in detail each of the ILS system components.
RFID Tag
The RFID tag an advanced RFID integrated circuit bonded to a label which is then
attached to library material.
Figure 1.7 RFID Tag
The tag stores 96 programmable bits of information about an item that can be read on a
single Radio Frequency, 13.56 MHz, up to a distance of 4 feet (1.2 m). The tag allows for
the reading of multiple tags using an anticollision algorithm, as well as error detection and
correction methods.