17
Jun

Normal service is being resumed…slowly

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Readers may have noticed that very little has been added to the blog recently! May and June proved an extraordinarily busy time for me and I’m afraid it has been the blog that has been neglected as a result.

So this is a quick catch up on some of the issues, events and activities that have been occupying me since the last post.
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Category : Conference | Innovation | Uncategorized
31
May

Library RFID – 3 key areas to think about.

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I just posted a very useful piece written by Alan Butters and Paul Chartier in response to a question asked on the US RFID list concerning UHF tags. Alan and Paul are two of the world’s leading authorities on RFID standards so this summary is compulsory reading for those of us with an interest in how the technology is developing.

In the library context the actual RFID technology to be used is, of course, a key element to consider but maybe not the only one? I think there might be at least three overlapping areas that have to be considered by anyone thinking of making, what is likely to be, a fairly major investment in a library RFID solution.
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Category : Innovation | Integration | Library Management Systems/Integrated Library Systems | SIP | Standards
30
May

HF or UHF? – The Expert’s View

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The following was recently posted by Alan Butters and Paul Chartier  in reply to a question asked on the US RFID List about using UHF or HF tags in the library. The CityU referred to in the text is in Hong Kong. I thought it might interest regular readers of this blog who may not subscribe to the US list so I have taken the liberty of posting it in full. continue

Category : Frequencies | Standards
4
May

Smart Shelving in action at the University of Cardiff – first impressions

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Last week I was lucky enough to be invited by Linda Davies of the University of Cardiff to come and see the progress they’ve been making at the Biomedical Sciences library with RFID enabled shelving. Paul Dalton and Darren Ratcliffe came along to answer technical questions. I am grateful to them all for a very interesting visit.
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Category : 2CQR | Bibliographic Data | Integration | Intellident | Library Management Systems/Integrated Library Systems
27
Apr

Preparing your RFP

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Having recently been asked to help evaluate responses to RFPs for two libraries that have used the excellent ORILS draft RFP - created by the equally excellent Mark Hughes - I thought it might however be useful to offer some additional guidance as to how best to use that document.
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Category : Specifications
25
Mar

ISO 28560 – Official Summary Published

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The official summary (issued by the ISO) has now been published at http://biblstandard.dk/rfid/docs/summary.htm

Category : Standards
24
Mar

Intellident and BDS – A new dimension for Library RFID?

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 The new agreement between Intellident and BDS announced recently poses some interesting questions. The first that sprang to my mind was “why?”
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Category : 2CQR | BDS | Bibliographic Data | Intellident | Library Management Systems/Integrated Library Systems
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