Developing automatic identification technologies at RNPLS&T: From the past into the future

The author examines the problems of automatic identification and publicizes RNPLS&T’s designing equipment and technologies of bar-coding and radiofrequency identification for libraries. He discusses the possibility for developing library automation systems through implementing radiofrequency identification and developing the concepts of Electronic Product Code and Internet of Things. The author argues that this would significantly increase integration of traditional library collections and digital documents into the modern information environment. He also discusses the possibility for using biometric identification systems which would enable to organize library space more flexibly and at the same time to exercise control of access to the building and reading rooms. The author concludes that new technologies would increase availability of library services for users and facilitate the global system of library and information support of human activities. This would enable libraries integration into the information space at the latest round of technological advancement.