A presentation by Sheli McHugh and Kristen Yarmey at Internet Librarian 2011 in Monterey, California.
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a new technology that allows devices such as cell phones to transmit information wirelessly across a small distance. While it has many commercial applications (e.g., using your smartphone as a credit card at the grocery store), NFC could also have future applications for libraries as a new way to link physical materials with digital information. Placing particular attention on cataloging, metadata, and circulation, this presentation will discuss potential strategies for utilizing NFC in libraries, from peer to peer loaning to embedding catalog records in books.
2. Sheli McHugh (@shelitwits)
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, University of Scranton
Kristen Yarmey (@kristenyt)
Digital Services Librarian, University of Scranton
14. Mobile payment
Now
• Google Wallet
Coming
• ISIS (AT&T, Verizon,
T-Mobile)
• Visa Wallet
15. Access Control
Now
• Yale Locks
• KEyLink smart car
keys
Pilots
• Arizona State U
• Clarion Stockholm
16. Mobile marketing
Now
• Proxama smart posters
• Google Places kits
Pilots
• thinaire/Radiant
Outdoor billboard
17. Social media
Now
• FourSquare at Google
I/O
• Google+
Prototype
• NFriendConnector
18. Gaming
Now
• Angry Birds Magic
Places
• Fruit Ninja blades
19. What else?
• Public transportation
• Parking meters and passes
• Concert and event tickets
• Health care and accessibility
• Restaurants & grocery stores
• Cemeteries
22. When is it coming?
• Already popular in Asia
• Some phones are already NFC enabled
• By 2014, 1 in 5 cell phones will be NFC-
enabled (Juniper)
• By 2015, 1 in 2 cell phones will be NFC-
enabled (Sy Choudhury, Qualcomm)
27. Easy applications
• Mobile library cards
• Mobile payment of library fines
• Authentication for library computers &
printers
• Marketing with smart posters
• Gaming (libraries are magic places, after all!)
29. A truly mobile collection
• NFC tags on books or media resources
could contain:
– Bibliographic information
– Reviews
– Author biography
– Link to similar resources
– Social media integration
– Self check out!
– Due date for a checked-out book
30. A truly mobile collection
• Off-the-shelf self-checkout?
– Bibliotecha has a prototype app!
31. The dark side
• NFC may change the way our patrons
interact with information
• Awareness and education
32. Security and privacy
• Mobile payment
– Can be secure than a magnetic strip on a
credit card
• User responsibilities
• Vulnerabilities at all levels: phone, app,
OS, tag…
35. • Introductions to NFC
– Near Field Communications: A Technology
Primer (ars technica)
– What’s NFC, and Why do I Care?
(ReadWriteWeb)
– Near Field Communication Quick Guide
(Mashable)
36. • NFC Forum
– Specs
– White Paper on Smart Posters (pdf)
• NFC World:
– List of Trials and Pilots
– List of NFC Enabled Phones
• Apple Patents referring to NFC
37. • Security and privacy
– FTC December 2010 Staff Report
– Collin Mulliner’s NFC security research web
page and NinjaCon presentation
– Intrepidus Group webinar “NFC for N00bs”
(Oct 21!)
– MasterCard statement on Google Wallet
security