Parallax RFID Scanner

Having trouble getting my scanner running. I have searched this form and found this code but it will not compile
The error is
NewSoftSerial does not name a type (not sure what this means)

#include "NewSoftSerial.h"
#define txPin 6
#define rxPin 8

//Reader/Writer Commands
#define RFID_READ 0x01
//#define RFID_WRITE 0x02
//#define RFID_LEGACY 0x0F

NewSoftSerial mySerial(rxPin, txPin);
int  val = 0; 
//char code[6];     //Note this is 11 for the extra null char?
//int bytesread = 0;
//int flag = 0;

//Tags
//char TAG1[11] = "0800E28C60";
//char TAG2[11] = "0800D9E43E";

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  mySerial.begin(9600);

  //  pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
  //  pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);     //pin 6
  pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);      //pin 8

  Serial.println("RFID Read/Write Test");
}

void loop()
{
  mySerial.print("!RW");
  mySerial.print(RFID_READ, BYTE);
  mySerial.print(3, BYTE);

  //0th read
  if(mySerial.available() > 0) {          // if data available from reader 
    val = mySerial.read();
    if(val != 255){
      Serial.print("Error Code:");
      Serial.println(val, HEX);
    }
  } 

  //1st byte
  if(mySerial.available() > 0) {          // if data available from reader 
    val = mySerial.read();
    if(val != 255){
      Serial.print("1st:");
      Serial.println(val, HEX);
    }
  } 

  //2nd byte
  if(mySerial.available() > 0) {          // if data available from reader 
    val = mySerial.read();
    if(val != 255){
      Serial.print("2nd:");
      Serial.println(val, HEX);
    }
  } 

  //3rd byte
  if(mySerial.available() > 0) {          // if data available from reader 
    val = mySerial.read();
    if(val != 255){
      Serial.print("3rd:");
      Serial.println(val, HEX);
    }
  } 

  //4th byte
  if(mySerial.available() > 0) {          // if data available from reader 
    val = mySerial.read();
    if(val != 255){
      Serial.print("4th:");
      Serial.println(val, HEX);
    }
  } 

  delay(500);                       // wait for a 1/2 second 
}

It means you don't have the NewSoftSerial library installed. You should change NewSoftSerial to SoftwareSerial which comes with Arduino 1.0.x.