Modeling factors affecting acceptance of RFID technology in libraries (Case Study: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences)

Object: Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has a significant impact on industrial and service organizations. This technology supplies an innovative automated system for library intelligent management. Success in organizational use of RFID in libraries requires its acceptance and accurate usage by users. Current study aims to investigate the most effective factors on RFID acceptance by library staff and indentify the existing relations between them applying an interpretative structural modeling to propose a suitable model. By studying previous RFID theoretical studies, effective factors have been identified on RFID acceptance by users and it has been modeled by applying an interpretative structural modeling technique. As a data collecting instrument, researcher-made questionnaire was used and distributed among responders. The population of the study included all the staff members working in central and faculty libraries of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences who were familiar with RFID technology. The results indicate that “attitude towards technology” is an essential factor in accepting RFID by library staff members. Positive attitude towards technology can result in a situation that RFID accepted as a valuable technology in accessing information. On the other hand, this has a great effect on reduction of staff resistance towards RFID acceptance.