id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-7619 Orphan, Stephanie News from the Field 2006-05-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2363 125 54 NISO launches RFID committee The National Information Standards Organi­ zation (NISO) has formed a technical com­ mittee to create guidelines that lay out best practices for the use of radio frequency iden­ tification (RFID) in library applications. i e l d Stephanie Orphan ALA releases fi rst-ever “State of America’s Libraries” report Coinciding with last month’s National Li­ brary Week, ALA released its fi rst­ever “State of America’s Libraries” report, which details the positive impact of libraries and librarians and the challenges libraries face in terms of funding. cache/crln-7619.pdf txt/crln-7619.txt