Current and planned changes you may need to know about when preparing your RFP. Should be read in conjunction with NAG/BIC procurement guidelines (freely available from www.libraryrfid.co.uk)

1. Current Trends and
Developments in Library RFID
Mick Fortune
Library RFID Ltd

2. Big Changes Afoot?
• Things are changing rapidly, and globally
▫ IFLA Special Interest Group on RFID
• Standards and Legislation
• Interoperability and applications
• Procurement

3. Standards and Legislation
• ISO 28560
• SIP/NISO
• BLCF
• EU and BSI Privacy concerns

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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!

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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/

11. Thank You!
Mick Fortune
Library RFID Ltd
www.libraryrfid.co.uk
mick@libraryrfid.co.uk