RFID Presentation First Draft Outline

RFID

I.                    What is RFID?

a.       Different frequencies

                                                               i.      LF(NFC)

                                                             ii.      HF

                                                            iii.      UHF

b.      Original uses

c.       Information stored

II.                  Use in Libraries

a.       Material Differences

                                                               i.      Books

                                                             ii.      Media

b.      Checkout

c.       Processing

d.      Security

III.                Benefits in libraries

a.       Patron Opinion

                                                               i.      Self-Checkout

b.      Staff Opinion

                                                               i.      Security, “False Positive” alarms

c.       Migration Process from Magnetic Strips

                                                               i.      Standards / Changing Standards

                                                             ii.      Updating Chips for different systems

IV.                Future Uses

a.       Smartphone integration

b.      Sorting returned items