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Issues in Library RFID –Executive Briefing

Mick Fortune

27th January 2015

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DThree Areas of Concern

• Privacy

• Communications/Interoperability

• Near Field Communication

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Privacy

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DEU Mandate M436

• Published in 2008

• Made recommendations on:

– Signage

– Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)

• Standards EN 16570 & EN16571 published in 2014 signal EU intentions for M436.

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DEN 16570 & 16571

• EN 16570 – Defines type of signs to be displayed, and privacy statement to accompany them

• EN 16571 – Sets out criteria for carrying out a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

• Commercial companies are promoting PIA software to librarians.

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DTime to Panic?

• No. The mandate is a recommendation –not a law.

• Different member states will respond in different ways.

• UK ICO states it has no intention of legislating at the moment.

• BIC developing guidance for librarians

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DBIC?

• Book Industry Communication (BIC)

– a charity for everyone involved with books.

– Funded by members including the Booksellers and Publishers Associations, CILIP, and the British Library

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DBIC’s Response

• Guidance being prepared for librarians wanting to respond to EN 16570 and 16571

• Regular liaison with ICO to monitor their intentions in regard to M436

• BIC’s RFID Privacy committee meets quarterly to review situation.

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Communications/Interoperability

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DThe Problem

• RFID (and other 3rd party applications) mostly use 3M’s SIP protocol to communicate with LMS.

• SIP is limited in scope (to circulation) and is no longer being developed by 3M.

• Some suppliers returning to proprietary solutions to develop new services (e.g. APIs)

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DThe Library Communication

Framework (LCF)• Industry initiative led and managed by BIC

• Data “framework” of elements and values used in library systems

• LCF Panel processes new requests rapidly

• LCF Tech Group oversees the development of the framework and work of panel.

• All available online for developers and users alike.

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DWhat can you do?

• All major UK RFID suppliers already support LCF.

• Encourage your LMS supplier to join in.

• Ask for LCF accreditation in system tenders (accreditation scheme for suppliers to be published in Q2 2015)

• Join in yourselves!

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Near Field Communication

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DWhat is it?

• Near Field Communication (NFC) is another version of RFID

• Close range only but uses same frequency as library RFID systems

• Already in many smartphones (incl iPhone 6)

• Potential for good…and bad.

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DThings to consider

• Apps to read and write data to library tags using phones and tablets are freely available.

• But – wholesale changes difficult (and unlikely?)

• And opportunities for new services being created.

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DBIC – The advert!

• BIC is the nearest thing we have to a UK standards body for libraries

• Manages EDI clinics, categorisation schemes (Thema), data and interoperability standards

• Run by librarians for librarians – working directly with suppliers

• Find out more at www.bic.org.uk

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Thank You!

e: mick@libraryrfid.co.ukw: http://www.libraryrfid.co.uk

t: +44 7786 625544: @libraryrfidLi

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