Radio-frequency identification technology in academic libraries: literature review

The definition of emerging technology is developed by combining the term and the concept of “emergence” with the innovative studies involving the definitional issue of technical emergence. The definition has five attributes, and those attributes are a radical novelty, relatively fast growing, coherence, prominent impact and uncertainty and ambiguity (Rotolo et al., 2015). Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is considered as a new emerging technology (Barenji et al., 2014). Although in some developing countries, it is not considered emerging (Halaweh, 2013).

RFID uses radio waves to transfer data. It is also an automotive identification...