Radio Frequency IDentification: from the present to the future and back again Gaynor Backhouse JISC Technology and Standards Watch www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch

Gaynor Backhouse

JISC Technology and Standards Watch

www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch

JISC Technology and Standards Watch Identify and track developments in Communications and Information Technology and in Standards which are critical to Higher and Further Education Commission and publish peer reviewed reports on key technologies and related standards, which are kept up-to-date through short news items on... ...the techwatch blog: http://NotesfromtheFuture.jiscinvolve.org

Identify and track developments in Communications and Information Technology and in Standards which are critical to Higher and Further Education

Commission and publish peer reviewed reports on key technologies and related standards, which are kept up-to-date through short news items on...

...the techwatch blog:

http://NotesfromtheFuture.jiscinvolve.org

RFID: Frequency, standards, adoption and innovation (2006) “ The influence of the library sector, in its dual role as a public sector body acting in the 'public good' and working as a test-bed for the technology, has the potential to be important in setting the pace for establishing good practice in this area while the technology is still relatively new and there is still the opportunity to have an impact.”

“ The influence of the library sector, in its dual role as a public sector body acting in the 'public good' and working as a test-bed for the technology, has the potential to be important in setting the pace for establishing good practice in this area while the technology is still relatively new and there is still the opportunity to have an impact.”

RFID: A system in two halves Tag (transponder) small silicon chip or integrated circuit containing unique ID number Antenna to send and receive radio waves different levels of capability (passive, semi-passive, active) Reader (interrogator) Expensive Power hungry Different levels of capability (read-only, read-write) Connects to a back-end system

Tag (transponder)

small silicon chip or integrated circuit containing unique ID number

Antenna to send and receive radio waves

different levels of capability (passive, semi-passive, active)

Reader (interrogator)

Expensive

Power hungry

Different levels of capability (read-only, read-write)

Connects to a back-end system

RFID in libraries Glasgow University library, 2002 ‘Early adopters’ - technology deployment made economic sense Strong interest in developing standards Technology test-bed - contributing to the technology’s development

Glasgow University library, 2002

‘Early adopters’ - technology deployment made economic sense

Strong interest in developing standards

Technology test-bed - contributing to the technology’s development

JISC Technology and Standards Watch www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch Contact: Gaynor Backhouse, Project Manager [email_address]

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