Rathinasabapathy, G; Sundari, T Mohana; Rajendran, Thiru L(Inflibnet center, February 28, 2008)
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Abstract:
Biometric identification refers to a technology that uses scanned graphical information from many
sources for personal identification purposes. The biometric technology helps the libraries to ensure
safety and security to its invaluable collections, infrastructure and human resources. It is the duty of
the librarian to keep the library buildings, shelves and stacks open and free without losing items to
make available or putting individuals at unacceptable risk from the malicious, avaricious or senseless
acts of others. Further, the LIS professionals are now handling huge database, provide access to
online journals and web-enabled online public access catalogues in the networked digital environment
where there are a lot of scope for compute /cyber crimes. In this regard, the biometric technology
is a boon for the LIS professionals as it provides a single point of control for administrators to
manage access to library resources such as computers, buildings, doors, the Internet, and software
applications. In this context, this paper attempts to study the various types of biometric applications
available for LIS centres, its prospects and problems as well.