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Updated RFID Backgrounder for Library Workers
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Mon, 04/10/2006 - 5:00pmJust came back from the Oregon Library Association where I participated on a panel called RFID in Context: Libraries Won't be Walmarts. Other panelists included Marilyn Sheck of Seattle Public Library, Alan Bern of Berkeley Public Library, and Margaret Hazel of Eugene Public. We pointed out the benefits and limitations of the current library RFID technology and discussed what is likely down the road. As readers of my blog know, I'm not convinced that the current library RFID systems are worth the investment.
US Passports Adding RFID?
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Mon, 02/20/2006 - 4:00pmWalmart, FasTrak, DoD and Libraries
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Mon, 01/02/2006 - 4:00pmBook Review of RFID: Applications, Security and Privacy
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Tue, 12/27/2005 - 4:00pm
Having written one of the chapters, I've been anxious to see how this book is being received. Here's the first review I've seen so far by Konomi of RFIDBuzz.
RFID Data Model For Libraries
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Tue, 08/16/2005 - 5:00pmWireless Tracking in the Library: Benefits, Threats, and Responsibilities
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 4:00pmFrom the Back Cover: Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is rapidly becoming ubiquitous as businesses seek to streamline supply chains and respond to mandates from key customers. But RFID and other new wireless ID technologies raise unprecedented privacy issues. RFID: Applications, Security, and Privacy covers these issues from every angle and viewpoint.
SB 682 Turned Upside Down
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Sun, 06/26/2005 - 5:00pmSenator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) seems to be fighting an uphill battle with AB 682, a bill originally designed to prohibit the use of RFID in driver's licenses, student IDs, government health and benefit cards and public library cards. Now, instead of prohibiting the use of RFID, the bill mandates security measures that must be used when employing RFID on such documents.
RFID Legislation Starting to Catch Up?
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Thu, 03/03/2005 - 4:00pmFrom RFID in Libraries, Laura Smart writes:
The California Senate has had the first reading of bill SB 682, the identity Information Protection Act of 2005.
The legislation would make it a misdemeanor to include a ?contactless integrated circuit or other device that can broadcast personal information? on any government issued ID card.
The bill Ed: broken link removed 2011 contains this excerpt:
Report on CLA: RFID Vendors Answer the Tough Questions
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Mon, 11/29/2004 - 4:00pmAt the California Library Association's Annual Conference, I moderated a panel of RFID vendors entitled "The Vendors Answer the Tough Questions."
The format was a pointed Q&A by me followed by some questions from the audience. In anticipation of the questions I posed to the panel members, I had sent each panelist the same set of questions and told them that, based on their responses, I would be picking who the respondent for that question would be.