Future Technology in the Academic Library
I was asked recently now technology 5 years from now may change the way students use the library. Below is my response.
More computers will come with alternative user interfaces like multi-touch screens, better voice and facial recognition so humans can interact with computers in a more intuitive and natural way.
The reference desk becomes an interactive touch screen with optical components that can read a students ID card and instantly bring up past books checked out, books due, fines, etc. The librarian can check a book out by placing the book on the desktop then drag a tag to the students ID card with information about when the book is due back. This would trigger an email to the student a few days ahead of the due date.
A researcher could take a book from the stacks go to a touch screen with optical components and see the metadata attached to the book. The researcher can make a more informed decision on whether the book they found will actually have the information they need.
Going into a reference room a student can place his or her ID card on a surface top and bring up class schedule, library schedule, virgo, etc. The student can then pull information from the library cloud to the ID card which just goes to their cloud structure which can be in the form of an email or virtual disk space. Another bit of information could be in the form of suggested reading material based on a students class schedule.
Two students could place their ID cards on a surface top and swap information like email and schedules.
OLED paint that will allow any surface to be a monitor.
More computers will come with alternative user interfaces like multi-touch screens, better voice and facial recognition so humans can interact with computers in a more intuitive and natural way.
The reference desk becomes an interactive touch screen with optical components that can read a students ID card and instantly bring up past books checked out, books due, fines, etc. The librarian can check a book out by placing the book on the desktop then drag a tag to the students ID card with information about when the book is due back. This would trigger an email to the student a few days ahead of the due date.
A researcher could take a book from the stacks go to a touch screen with optical components and see the metadata attached to the book. The researcher can make a more informed decision on whether the book they found will actually have the information they need.
Going into a reference room a student can place his or her ID card on a surface top and bring up class schedule, library schedule, virgo, etc. The student can then pull information from the library cloud to the ID card which just goes to their cloud structure which can be in the form of an email or virtual disk space. Another bit of information could be in the form of suggested reading material based on a students class schedule.
Two students could place their ID cards on a surface top and swap information like email and schedules.
OLED paint that will allow any surface to be a monitor.
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