Abstract

[This paper describes on RFID technology, i.e. what is RFID Technology, what are the objectives of this technology, its history, how does the system works, what are the basic requirements to implement this technology, current uses of this technology, what are the application areas in library functions and so on.

This paper also describes on advantages and drawbacks of RFID System. Finally an effort also

made to compare the two technologies- RFID and barcode in a very lucid language.]