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NISO releases RFID best practices for libraries

Category: Libraries , Digital Libraries
NISO released the news the other day that its RFID Working Group has finalized best practices for using RFID in libraries. Serving in the group are Brian Green of EDItEUR (and the International ISBN Agency), and Jim Lichtenberg, who runs the New Technologies committee for BISG. According to the press release:

The NISO recommendations for best practices aim to promote procedures that do the following:

  • Allow an RFID tag to be installed at the earliest point and used throughout the lifecycle of the book, from publisher/printer to distributor, jobber, library (shelving, circulating, sorting, reshelving, inventory, and theft deterrence), and interlibrary loan, and continuing on to secondary markets such as secondhand books, returned books, and discarded/recycled books.
  • Allow for true interoperability among libraries, where a tag in one library can be used seamlessly by another, even if the libraries have different suppliers for tags, hardware, and software.
  • Protect the personal privacy of individuals while supporting the functions that allow users to reap the benefits of this technology.
  • Permit the extension of these standards and procedures for global interoperability.
  • Remain relevant and functional with evolving technologies.
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Posted by Laura Dawson , January 25, 08, 9:53 AM , comments(0) , permalink , Email this post
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