Subject: NISO Revised Recommended Practice for RFID in U.S. Libraries
Available for Public Comment
From: "Cynthia Hodgson" <chodgson_at_niso.org>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 12:57:29 -0400
NISO announces the availability of RFID in U.S. Libraries (NISO
RP-6-201x) for a thirty day public comment period, beginning immediately
and ending on June 9, 2011. This revision of the 2008 Recommended
Practice recommends a set of practices and procedures to ensure
interoperability among U.S. RFID implementations in libraries. By
following these recommendations, libraries can ensure that an RFID tag
in one library can be used seamlessly by another, even if they have
different suppliers for tags, hardware, and software.
Since the publication of the original Recommended Practice, there have
been new developments with regard to RFID implementation in the larger
book industry as well as in other countries. Most importantly, the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a
three-part international standard on RFID in Libraries (ISO 28560)
governing the data model and the encoding of data on RFID tags for item
management in libraries. The revised NISO Recommended Practice has been
updated to reflect changes in technology and security and privacy
measures, and to conform to the new ISO standard.
“RFID in U.S. Libraries defines a model for the data elements to be
placed on library RFID tags, as well as the formatting and encoding of
that data,” explains Paul Sevcik, Lead Product Development Specialist at
3M Library Systems and co-chair of the NISO RFID Revision Working Group.
“The international standard offers two different encoding options and
many optional data elements, so it is critical that U.S. implementers
adopt a common approach for implementing the standard.”
“This Recommended Practice has been developed to be the U.S. profile for
implementation of the ISO 28560 international standard” states Vinod
Chachra, CEO of VTLS, Inc. and co-chair of the NISO RFID Revision
Working Group. “Its use will ensure that U.S. libraries can procure tags
and equipment from different vendors, merge collections containing
different manufacturers’ tags, and, for the purposes of interlibrary
loan, read the tags on items belonging to other libraries.”
“This revision included input from RFID hardware manufacturers, solution
providers (software and integration), content distributors and
libraries,” said Todd Carpenter, NISO Managing Director. “In addition to
the data model, the Recommended Practice provides guidelines on
security, privacy, vandalism, and migrating existing library RFID
implementations to the new model. Standardizing on this Recommended
Practice will allow the RFID tag to be used in the entire lifecycle of
physical library materials, including the upstream processes of
acquisition and distribution.”
The draft Recommended Practice and an online comment form is available
at: www.niso.org/workrooms/rfid/. Libraries, publishers, distributors,
system providers, and tag manufacturers are all encouraged to review and
comment on the document.
Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: hodgsonca_at_verizon.net
Phone: 301-654-2512
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