Workshop 7. Workshop 7. RFID and self-serviceRFID and self-service

ParticipantsParticipants

• Johan van Halm (Netherlands). Leader• Vitodrag Vodnik (Slovenia)• Zdenek Tichy (Czhech republic)• Annu Jauhiainen (Finland)• Radek Holy (Czhech republic)• Aart Nieuwland (Netherlands)• Matjaz Gigrovski (Slovenia)• Ramon Ros (Spain)

General introduction to RFIDGeneral introduction to RFID

– The origins– Standards involved (ISO15693)– Technolgy involved– Types of tags and use (books, borrower´s

card, cd-rom, etc.)– Services offered by using RFID– Securiy issues

General discussionGeneral discussion

• Players involved (ILS vendor, HW vendor, RFID installer, etc.)

• Benefits of RFID/self-check– Improve customer services (ex: longer

opening window)– Save labour costs– Inventory control

• Very important: promotion to staff & users

Video session!Video session!

• Ok, just 60 sec.

Checklist for an RFID self-check Checklist for an RFID self-check systemsystem

• Integration with ILS (standards important)

• Ergonomic design

• It should be compact (specially if sorting machines)

• Reliability and maintenance (important remote access)

• SIP-2 protocol minimum

• Item per item or stack

• Quality of label (and also printed with logos or so)

• Price

• Training planning and documentation

• Parametrization (by the library itself)

• Implementation flow (phisical)

• Integration of borrower´s card with other services (access, coffe machine, photocopier, etc.)

• Statistics

The endThe end

• All the participants with a great knowledge of what to ask before installing an RFID system.