The Biostore product is a central database that attaches a Biometric record, fingerprint, Iris, palm print or in future any other Biometric identifier to a student record.

 

Essentially, Biostore confirms the identity of a student seeking to use a service within the school. For instance, when a student asks for a book from the library, or at meal times wishes to purchase lunch, their identity is confirmed by Biostore. The benefit of using Biostore is that all the data is centralised and one single identification method can be used for a borrower rather than having to maintain separate identities across multiple databases.

 

When BioStore has been installed and configured with a library system provided by MLS, it works by essentially authenticating a user against the the BioStore database and matching the data presented with the library systems database. A diagram illustrating a simplified version of the process that happens after a user has scanned a print or an RFID tag is below.

 

 

 

 

1.The first step is for the borrower to identify themselves. When using BioStore with an MLS library system, they can do this one of two ways: RFID or Fingerprint recognition. This data/value is presented to the library system from the physical hardware.

 

2.The client application passes this value to the BioStore Secondary Server to ensure they are an authorised user, stored on the BioStore database.

 

3.When the BioStore Secondary Server confirms the identity with the BioStore database, it then passes this to the library database. In accordance with the matching fields specified in the application, the library system database then verifies and locates the borrowers' library system record.

 

4.The borrowers' library record is then sent back to the Client Application (Circulate) who originally requested the identity, confirming who the borrower is. The Client Application loads their record.

 

 

Many systems store information in a BioStore database. Some examples of these (all of which can be integrated with the library system) are listed below.

 

Vericool - Website.

 

EasyTrace - Website. For more information about EasyTrace see the topic here.

 

 

 

 

 

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