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| RFID and some suppliers came from the retail supply chain – a very different market to libraries . In the fast moving world of RFID solutions appear and disappear rapidly. New tag technologies appear all the time making old ones obsolete.In retail such rapid change is welcomed. In a market where the priorities are speed of supply, greater accuracy and better margins data standards are practically non-existent and tags – and tag data – change almost as fast as the applications that use them. These solutions are not designed to be used by anyone else, Asda don’t share their RFID warehousing solutions with Tesco. So the solutions are “closed loop” – i.e. they are designed to work in a closed environment to perform a particular task. In the library world RFID tag remain in item for years and may outlast the equipment originally purchased to read them | RFID and some suppliers came from the retail supply chain – a very different market to libraries . In the fast moving world of RFID solutions appear and disappear rapidly. New tag technologies appear all the time making old ones obsolete.In retail such rapid change is welcomed. In a market where the priorities are speed of supply, greater accuracy and better margins data standards are practically non-existent and tags – and tag data – change almost as fast as the applications that use them. These solutions are not designed to be used by anyone else, Asda don’t share their RFID warehousing solutions with Tesco. So the solutions are “closed loop” – i.e. they are designed to work in a closed environment to perform a particular task. In the library world RFID tag remain in item for years and may outlast the equipment originally purchased to read them | ||
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| + | ==== Mobile devices ==== | ||
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| + | Self service using mobile phones is enabled by [[https://www.meescan.com/about-us.html|meeScan]] which started 2015. Users use a free mobile app on their phones to check out items anywhere in the library. The transactions are carried out securely by the meeScan cloud server that keeps the connection to the library management system open and ready at all times. | ||
| ===== Discussion Lists and interest groups ===== | ===== Discussion Lists and interest groups ===== | ||
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| Note the IFLA special interest group was discontinued in 2014 | Note the IFLA special interest group was discontinued in 2014 | ||
| - | ===== Guide to RFID in libraries and requirements/specification ===== | + | ===== Introductions to RFID in libraries and requirements/specification ===== |
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| + | ==== Guide to procurement including a specification ==== | ||
| [[https://www.bic.org.uk/e4librariesfiles/pdfs/A Librarian's Guide to RFID Procurement_final.pdf|A Librarian’s Guide to RFID Procurement]]. by Mick Fortune BIC & NAG (rev) 2016 | [[https://www.bic.org.uk/e4librariesfiles/pdfs/A Librarian's Guide to RFID Procurement_final.pdf|A Librarian’s Guide to RFID Procurement]]. by Mick Fortune BIC & NAG (rev) 2016 | ||
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| //Part Four// offers a simple model for evaluating supplier responses." | //Part Four// offers a simple model for evaluating supplier responses." | ||
| - | ==== The Library RFID Guide. Buying, installing, using ==== | + | ==== Background information about RFID in libraries ==== |
| - | Mick Fortune website: [[http://rfid.mickfortune.com/|http://rfid.mickfortune.com/]] | + | The Library RFID Guide. Buying, installing, using Mick Fortune website: [[http://rfid.mickfortune.com/|http://rfid.mickfortune.com/]] |
| [[http://galecia.com/content/rfid-primer|RFID Primer]] | [[http://galecia.com/content/rfid-primer|RFID Primer]] | ||
| -An introduction to RFID in libraries including explaining and why the standards are so important. .A US focus.By Lori Bowen Ayre. Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group +1 (707) 763-6869 Lori.Ayre@galecia.com | -An introduction to RFID in libraries including explaining and why the standards are so important. .A US focus.By Lori Bowen Ayre. Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group +1 (707) 763-6869 Lori.Ayre@galecia.com | ||
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| + | [[http://galecia.com/RFID|RFID page]] on Galecia Consulting website. Showing RFID products are available with links to resources. Also links to Lori Bowen Ayre's pinterest pages. A US focus. By Lori Bowen Ayre. Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group. +1 (707) 763-6869. Lori.Ayre@galecia.com | ||
| ===== RFID Vendors ===== | ===== RFID Vendors ===== | ||
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| * [[http://www.intrepidsecurity.com/library-security/|Intrepid]] | * [[http://www.intrepidsecurity.com/library-security/|Intrepid]] | ||
| * [[http://www.nedaplibrary.com/|Nedap]] | * [[http://www.nedaplibrary.com/|Nedap]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.meescan.com/about-us.html|meeScan]] | ||
| ===== Who uses what RFID system ===== | ===== Who uses what RFID system ===== | ||
| Public libraries See the [[:systems_review|sytems used page]] | Public libraries See the [[:systems_review|sytems used page]] | ||
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| - | [[https://galecia.com/RFID|Information about RFID technology]] | ||
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| - | showing RFID products are available with links to resources. Also links to Lori Bowen Ayre's pinterest pages. A US focus. By Lori Bowen Ayre. Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group. +1 (707) 763-6869. Lori.Ayre@galecia.com | ||
| ===== Standards ===== | ===== Standards ===== | ||
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