Presentation to 3rd Wildau Conference on RFID

1. Catching up, moving on - the UK library RFID market today Mick Fortune Library RFID Ltd. 3. Wildauer Symposium "RFID und Medien“ 5 Oktober 2010

2. Catching up?

3. First 10 years First deployed in 1998 (at University of Central Lancashire) First public library (Norwich) 2000/1 Slow but steady growth across all sectors Mostly self service Mostly SIP driven - using barcode number only Almost exclusively linked to LMS

4. Market trends Demand for self-service increased - driven by cuts in library budgets More suppliers/more data models/more solutions Growing demand for additional functionality from libraries increased data requirements Little interoperability between LMS/RFID and RFID/RFID

5. The role of the LMS in UK Library RFID development RFID use in libraries almost exclusively linked to LMS Librarians demanded new functionality from RFID vendors New solutions didn’t interoperate Some LMS/RFID solutions were unique, non-transferable

6. Late 2008 – Signs of Change By 2008 early adopters had begun to discover limitations/problems: Major re-tagging and software re-writes Clients effectively prevented from switching suppliers “Horror” stories emerge of unusable hardware, wasted investments BIC asked to help promote a UK standard

7. Creating a UK standard Unlike other countries the UK had no national data standard. However the UK (through BSI) were promoting ISO 28560. Meeting in early 2009 of all UK LMS and RFID suppliers opted to use 28560-2 UK Data model – using subset of 28560-2 agreed in mid 2009 (revised 2010)

8. Surveys In 2009 and 2010 I conducted a survey of UK library uses of RFID on behalf of BIC/MLA 2009 51 replies altogether, 27 active sites 2010 168 replies altogether, 114 active sites

9. Main reasons

10. Main uses

11. Attitudes (%)

12. Moving on?

13. Meeting Market Demands Frustrations with SIP evident among UK RFID community New functionality is required – automated accessioning, smart shelves need new protocols, faster execution Some US ILS vendors already ignoring SIP NISO report slow uptake of NCIP

14. A new SIP? Meeting in London in January 2010 to discuss options for change 3M announced SIP 3.0 BIC group decided to develop new communications infrastructure 3M and NISO (NCIP) kept advised NISO circulating working papers to NCIP group

15. Some Clarifications Not prescriptive Should be readily translatable to XML , SIP 3.0 or… First objective will be to support existing SIP 2.0 functionality All 3rd party providers using SIP invited to participate

16. Progress so far First draft of new protocol was discussed in midSeptember 2010 Well received by all parties (LMS, RFID, Libraries, Media suppliers) 3M and NCIP sent copies of draft protocol First web service trial being builtby TALIS and Intellident

17. 2010 – A Snapshot New applications: University of Cardiff smart library, Trafford Metropolitan Borough smart accessioning Economic pressures will force a more collaborative agenda for UK libraries Greater resource sharing will need increased use of standards

18. Next Steps Complete and agree new communications standards Re-examine UK data model usage Continue to monitor developments in UHF Work more closely with smart card providers

19. RFID/LMS – Competing or Co-operating? Many RFID ambitions go beyond current ability of LMS to support LMS development increasingly focused on resource discovery and virtual collection management Opportunity for RFID?

20. Thank You! Mick Fortune Library RFID Ltd. t. +44 1865 727411 m. +44 7786 625544 e. mick@libraryrfid.co.uk w. www.libraryrfid.co.uk b. www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress