RFID, IFLA, IT-section, SIG-RFID, Wildau, Germany

1. 10 years on: the use of RFID technology in libraries
Developments, experiences, initiatives and goals
in the context of german libraries as RFID-user
Frank Seeliger
World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17th August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday 13.45 till 15.45, Session 186 in Room 104

2. What makes internet of things so important to the IFLA ?
How many issuing companies offer here in
our exhibition hall RFID solutions on their
booths?
Further reasons:
Today, I estimate that we have
ca. 4.000 libraries worldwide
working with RFID.
Can RFID help us to mobilize
information pinpoint (space-
related)?
We are privileged to
be here, means our
duty to the
interested non-
participants.

3. RFID on the surface didn’t seem the sexiest of topics ... but it turned
out to be one of the interesting ones. Richard Wallis
16.00-17.30 in room 204 !!!
de 5.30 pm a 6 pm en espacio 204!!!
RFID Special Interest Group (SIG-RFID)
HF or UHF data models thick interfaces Privacy
electromagnetic pollution monitoring inter-
library loans SIP/NCIP Guideline quality
networking tools tendering ROI longevity
retention time non-book materials NFC

4. Kick-off schedule as warming up by SIG-RFID with following POI
1. My background and context related to RFID
2. Short introduction into typical RFID apps for libraries
3. Some projects and goals in german speaking countries
4. Projects running by working groups in TUAS Wildau
 Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"RFID Technologies in the context of Emerging Library Automation Trends"
 Mick Fortune (Consultant for UK libraries)
 Edmund Balnaves
(Australia and member of IT-section as Information Coordinator)

5. My home is my castle: TUAS Wildau
• ca. 4.000 students
• 250 members of staff
• 3 Faculties
• course degrees in
(with view to RFID)
Logistic,
Telematic,
Business Computing,
Engineering

6. Campus with Tradition: with full steam ahead
Who is going hand in gloves?

7. Typical RFID-Apps in the library context
HF 13,56 MHz
ISO 15693
ISO 18000-3.1
Passive Tags
SIP2/NCIP/SIP3
ISO DIS 28560
Survey by Mick Fortune:
self-service is still clear favourite in
RFID apps
Safety
Sorting
Self-check
stock-management
dispenser

8. Monographic publications in book form
Or as free available online-publication

9. Inventory
CATHERINE COOKE
wins 2009 the RFID Innovation Award
„... has been able to produce an inventory
for over 1,500 book titles an hour; perform
a complete search for missing items within
a large library in less than five hours; and
dramatically improve the quality of the
library catalogue to improve user services.
„

10. Smart shelves, blades as solution
Sengkang Community
Library, Lee Kong Chian
Reference Library
in the National Library of
Singapore
RFID-based
Library Management
(R-LIM) System
Cardiff University's Biomedical
Sciences Library
Soonchunhyang University, South Korea

11. Art library in Sitterwerk (Switzerland)
Chaos principle to put the books into the
shelf, see http://roborfid.dyndns.org/

12. German communication platform
website +++ mailinglist +++ working group with twice yearly meetings

13. Annual international conferences in Wildau or London

14. Round Tables on quality control – VDI Guidline
Association of
German
Engineers
VDI 4478
Blatt 1 (draft)
„VDI Guidelines play a very important role as
pioneers for international standardization:
Accessible for all market participants, they
allow savings by reducing information and
control costs as well as costs for adjustment
and trading. Technical knowledge can spread
faster.“ (Source: http://www.vdi.eu)

15. BiblioScan - a cooperative research project
Some keywords
• cooperation with different companies
• integrative use of RFID in many workflows
• experiments with HF and UHF
• 3D visualisation

16. Usage statistics of printed newspapers & journals
Some keywords: mobile unit, RFID,
bluetooth-interface, rechargeable battery

17. Changes in library use
Other fact:
70.000
annual loans in
relation to
400.000
downloads!
The library as learning and study center, a place to work!

18. British Library predicts
switch to digital by 2020
Lynne Brindley (CEO, British Library, 2005)
„Most people are aware that a national switch to
digital broadcasting is expected by the end of this
decade. Less well known is the fact that a similar
trend is underway in the world of publishing: by the
year 2020, 40% of UK research monographs will be
available in electronic format only, while a further 50%
will be produced in both print and digital. A mere 10%
of new titles will be available in print alone by 2020. „

19. British Library predicts
switch to digital by 2020
British Library’s 2020 Vision
We estimate that by 2020, 75%
of all titles worldwide will be
published in digital form only,
or in both digital and print.

20. iCampus goes Library
From the audio- to the
multimediaguide

21. iCampus goes Library - Touchpoint

22. iCampus goes Library - Localisation

23. Many Thanks for your Attention!
Let us leave limits in thinking!