Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:01:28 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [203.118.14.76] (HELO 146.28.168.192.in-addr.arpa.noptr.antlabs.com) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 8949178 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:16:35 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Joan Lippincott X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6-140734693 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: NISO RFID Webinar X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:15:10 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-6-140734693 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable NISO to hold April 14 Webinar on "RFID in Libraries: Standards and =20 Expanding Use" Existing ANSI and ISO standards outline the radio frequencies and =20 character encoding on an RFID tag but don=92t address the specific needs = =20 for interoperability in a library environment. A NISO working group =20 issued a Recommended Practice in 2008 on "RFID in U.S. Libraries" as =20 an interim best practice until the ISO standardization effort was =20 completed. That ISO standard is nearing its final stages and is =20 expected to be finalized in late 2010 or early 2011. NISO=92s working =20= group will be undertaking a revision of the recommended practice to =20 align it with the international standard. NISO=92s webinar, "RFID in Libraries: Standards and Expanding Use," on =20= April 14, 2010 from 1:00 =96 2:30 p.m. (Eastern), will look at the =20 latest developments in both of these standardization efforts regarding =20= the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in libraries and =20 share the experience of an actual implementation of RFID. Learn about =20= RFID data models for library applications, what data is specified to =20 be on an RFID tag, and which encoding schemes to use. Hear about =20 experiences in implementing the NISO Recommended Practice and the =20 issues that must be addressed beyond technology when RFID is introduced. Topics and speakers for the webinar: -- ISO Standard on RFID in Libraries -- Paul Sevcik, Senior Product =20 Development Specialist, 3M Library Systems -- U.S. Implementation of RFID in Libraries -- Vinod Chachra, CEO, =20 VTLS, Inc. -- Case Study of RFID Library Implementation -- Speaker TBA Can=92t make it on the scheduled day and time? Registrants get access to = =20 the recorded version for one year; watch at your convenience. NISO and =20= NASIG members receive a discounted member rate. A student discount is =20= also available. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: = http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/rfid/ =20= --Apple-Mail-6-140734693 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

NISO to hold April 14 Webinar on "RFID in Libraries: Standards and Expanding = Use"

Existing ANSI and ISO = standards outline the radio frequencies and character encoding on an = RFID tag but don=92t address the specific needs for interoperability in = a library environment. A NISO working group issued a Recommended = Practice in 2008 on "RFID in U.S. Libraries" as an interim best practice = until the ISO standardization effort was completed. That ISO standard is = nearing its final stages and is expected to be finalized in late 2010 or = early 2011. NISO=92s working group will be undertaking a revision of the = recommended practice to align it with the international = standard.

NISO=92s webinar, = "RFID in Libraries: Standards and Expanding Use," on April 14, 2010 from = 1:00 =96 2:30 p.m. (Eastern), will look at the latest developments in = both of these standardization efforts regarding the use of Radio = Frequency Identification (RFID) in libraries and share the experience of = an actual implementation of RFID. Learn about RFID data models for = library applications, what data is specified to be on an RFID tag, and = which encoding schemes to use. Hear about experiences in implementing = the NISO Recommended Practice and the issues that must be addressed = beyond technology when RFID is = introduced.

Topics and speakers = for the webinar:

-- ISO Standard on = RFID in Libraries -- Paul Sevcik, Senior Product Development Specialist, = 3M Library Systems

-- U.S. = Implementation of RFID in Libraries -- Vinod Chachra, CEO, VTLS, = Inc.

-- Case Study of RFID = Library Implementation -- Speaker TBA

Can=92t make it on = the scheduled day and time? Registrants get access to the recorded = version for one year; watch at your convenience. NISO and NASIG members = receive a discounted member rate. A student discount is also = available.

For more information = and to register, visit the event webpage: