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Diana Edmonds
Biography
- Diana Edmonds is the Head of Libraries, Archives and Museum Service
in the London Borough of Haringey. Prior to moving to the public
sector, Diana worked in the private sector, initially as a freelance
consultant. She then established Instant Library Ltd, a library
services company, becoming its Managing Director for a number of
years - and ultimately selling the business to Tribal plc.
.In her new role as Head of Libraries in the London Borough
of Haringey, Diana combines the public sector approach committment
to serving the community with a private sector approach to to finance
and fund raising. Diana has extensive experience
of specifying and procuring IT facilities, and has recently
awarded the contract for RFID implementation in Haringey
Abstract - Haringey Libraries have just completed
their first implementation of RFID systems at the Marcus Garvey
Library - and plan to convert all libraries in the Borough over
the next two years. The system has been developed by PV
Supa, a Danish company, and is franchised in the UK by 2CQR. This
paper describes the Haringey system and then moves on to discuss
the economics of RFID implementation. Diana Edmonds reviews
both the costs which will be incurred by libraries and also
the potential savings which the effective management of RFID will
deliver The paper then moves on to identify funding sources
which may be available for library authorities which wish to
move to the new world of RFID.
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