Current Trends and Developments in Library RFIDMick FortuneLibrary RFID Ltd

Big Changes Afoot?

•Things are changing rapidly, and globally▫IFLA Special Interest Group on RFID

•Standards and Legislation•Interoperability and applications•Procurement

Standards and Legislation

•ISO 28560•SIP/NISO•BLCF•EU and BSI Privacy concerns

ISO 28560

•US, UK and Australia have adopted 28560-2▫Each with own ‘profiles’ – regional in

Australia▫UK national profile is now UK data model

•Japan now pushing for UHF version▫Accelerated standards procedure▫Release in 2013?

SIP/NISO

•SIP 3.0 published by 3M in early 2012•Now donated to NISO - 7th June 2012•LMS suppliers have been slow to adopt•SIP 3.o - and NISO’s NCIP - are

circulation only•Will NCIP or SIP 3.0 become US standard

for self-service circulation?

BLCF•Developed in response to proliferation of

integrated solutions•Best chance of avoiding technology lock-in

or loss of functionality.•Delivery mechanism agnostic

▫Not prescriptive▫Not a protocol

•Work underway to develop new functionality▫Partners included 3M, Bibliotheca, 2CQR,

Capita, Infor and possibly SirsiDynix

EU and BSI Privacy concerns• EU (and BSI) are preparing Privacy Impact

Assessments (PIAs) for RFID• Libraries are one of 6 key markets identified by

EU• Librarians (NOT suppliers) will be required to

submit a PIA for their use of RFID• You will need to know EXACTLY what data is

being stored on tags.• EU will have legal force, BSI will be guidance

only.• Both different!

Interoperability and applications

• Current position▫ Survey results show poor/no interoperability between RFID

solutions.▫ Most libraries that have used multiple suppliers have simply

switched data models – no other choice was available. (UK data model overcomes these problems).

• Future developments▫ RFID/LMS suppliers partnering to create proprietary

integrated solutions (e.g. Bibliotheca US/Ex Libris, Civica/Bibliotheca UK etc.) (BLCF can help avoid lock-in!)

• Future apps▫ Smartphones with NFC can read library tags but formatting

issues to be overcome.▫ Solus, Boopsie looking at incorporating RFID into their

smartphone/tablet apps.

Procurement

•Shopping list or RFP?▫As standards become more commonplace

patterns of procurement will change▫Choose your preferred solution – not just the

one that works with your LMS or tag model.•Different ways to build solutions

▫Need for better strategic view – DIY approach

▫Responsibility lies with libraries to demand - not market to dictate

Guidelines go out of date – fast!• Keep yourself informed of changes

▫ Join the lists LIB-RFID - UK list RFID-LIB – US list

▫ Read the blogs www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress (other blogs are available)

▫ Follow the Tweeters @LibraryRFID @GaleciaGroup @BIC1UK

▫ Monitor NAG and BIC websites www.nag.org.uk www.bic.org.uk/e4libraries/

Thank You!

Mick FortuneLibrary RFID Ltdwww.libraryrfid.co.ukmick@libraryrfid.co.uk