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RFID & III API

RFID & III API . MENA IUG 3rd Annual Meeting November 18 – 19, 2008 American University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates Huguette Yaghmour Director of Library Automation Systems The American University in Cairo Library. American University in Cairo Library.

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RFID & III API

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  1. RFID & III API MENA IUG3rd Annual Meeting November 18 – 19, 2008 American University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates Huguette Yaghmour Director of Library Automation Systems The American University in Cairo Library

  2. American University in Cairo Library AUC Library received a grant in 2006 - 08 , which was utilized to implement the use of RFID as an up-to-date with the technology and to provide entrance control and stock security.

  3. There were 2 parts to the project 1. Book tagging for RFID checkout, checkin, exit control, and stock control 2. Patron identification while borrowing and at Library entrance

  4. What is RFID? RFID stands for Radio-Frequency Identification RFID tag stores data, which is verified remotely by the Millennium database or the proprietary database.

  5. Where is the tag placed? The RFID book tag is placed inside the cover of the book. The RFID ID tag is embedded in the ID card.

  6. What information does the tag contain? RFID for books contains ONLY the book barcode number. RFID for IDs contains ONLY the patron barcode number (in the Library sector of the RFID chip).

  7. Benefits of using RFID tags in books Facility in checking out and checking in (Circulation desk or self-check machines) Facility in performing inventory and shelf-tidying Easy to track a book on the shelf

  8. AUC Library’s choice For books: 3 M system and self-checkout units For IDs: Datacard Group supplied the enterprise software system and entrance control - i.e. gates -- (their licensed representative in Egypt is Excel Systems Egypt)

  9. AUC Library issues the University IDs Our choice of ID card (HID MIFARE smart card) was determined by the one already selected by the AUC for campus access, i.e. 4K RFID-chip Mifare The RFID chip in the card is divided into sectors, and we chose our sector in co-ordination with other entities in the AUC who had plans for the card

  10. The Patron record in the Datacard enterprise software system consists of: • Photo • Card serial number • Library access flag • University access flag • Issuer Patron name (Family, First, … ) Patron barcode University ID Patron type Expiry date

  11. III Patron Web Services III offers two products: Patron Update Fine Payment These products are used to copy the data from Millennium into the proprietary software system (or vice versa)

  12. AUC Library opted to purchase only the first product, i.e. Patron Update

  13. Patron Update API (Web Services) Allows a library to offer patron information to an external system, such as an electronically controlled access gate or a "one card" system Allows patron data to be maintained and/or synchronized in both systems Interfaces with 3rd-party proprietary systems e.g. ID systems Sends single-record, real-time updates to patron records

  14. Single-record, real-time updating of patron records is done: Via a third-party product (TPP) In real-time As single-record updates rather than as a batch process

  15. Benefits of making a single-record, real-time update Issue new patron ID (add patron to database) on demand Update information (expiry date, etc) Transmit card image to the monitor at the entrance for checking purposes

  16. AUC Library updates Millennium patron records students: twice a year, faculty and staff: once a year. Consequently, the expiry date on a record will show if a student has graduated or a faculty or staff member has left and is no longer allowed to use the Library.

  17. RFID entrance system: At the gate, the RFID reader reads the chip, the patron barcode interrogates the proprietary system, which checks the patron record for expiry date. If the expiry date is prior to the date of attempted entry, the alarm sounds.

  18. RFID checkout: During checkout, the patron’s barcode is read off the ID chip directly into Millennium, which recognizes the status of the borrower and the loan rule that applies.

  19. Privacy Fear of RFID as a possible invader of privacy (which has been a major controversy in the US) was never an issue with us. However, we already used ID cards, and a stock security system, so it’s possible no-one felt any difference.

  20. Minimum data stored on RFID chips The data on the RFID chip (patron barcode) was actually less than that on the barcode card that preceded it.  All our books were already bar-coded, and the data on the RFID book tag is simply the barcode. 

  21. So in the extremely remote chance of an RFID snooper reading the ID and book tags, no titles and no borrower names would be known.

  22. AUC Library plans To use the smart ID card to credit money for printing through the “Pharos” system

  23. Questions

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