Austin council approves $17,000 contingency use for library RFID tagging

Jul 22, 2025

The council approved a $17,000 contingency request to purchase RFID tags and a device to integrate the Austin Public Library with an automated handling system; staff said the tags (approx. 90,000–100,000) will enable future labor savings and better interlibrary processing.

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The Austin City Council approved a request to use $17,000 from contingency funds to buy radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and a device the library needs to link materials to an automated handling system used by a regional processing center.

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