Smart Libraries

Abstract

Can the smart city provide a new perspective for public and academic libraries? How does the smart city impact the libraries as cultural and scientific assets? And how can libraries contribute to the development of the smart city? An overview of recent library models, like the learning center or the green library, reveals affinities with the concept of the smart city, especially regarding the central role of information and the integration of technology, people, and institutions. From this observation, the paper develops the outline of a new concept of the smart library, which can be described in four dimensions, i.e., smart services, smart people, smart place, and smart governance. However, the smart library concept does not constitute a unique model or project, but a process, a way of how to get things done, that is less linear, less structured, and more creative and innovative. Also, smartness may not be a solution for all library problems.

Developing a Smart Library Model in Vietnam Public Library System

“…Next, Schopfel (2018) said that: Can the smart city provide a new perspective for public and academic libraries? How does the smart city impact the libraries as cultural and scientific assets?…”

A XXI. század könyvtára – a smart library

“…Ezt az okoskönyvtár modelljének tekinti. 6 Ez az új könyvtártípus a felhasználók és a dokumentumok közötti interakcióra épül, tehát emberközpontú. A megvalósítását elősegíteni hivatott eszköz, a tárgyak internete felhőalapú számítástechnikára (cloud computing) és intelligens eszközökre (smart devices) támaszkodik.…”

From Electronic to Smart Library Systems: Concept, Classification of Services, Scheme of Work and Model

“…Such solutions can spontaneously self-assemble constituent pieces of data into a knowledge package with a particular property and then bring it to the individual with the relevant interest. Schöpfel (2018) stated that the smart library concept can be understood as an approach that introduces consistency into several recent 'modern' library developments in the urban environment. Mohapatra et al (2017) observed that due to the use of smart technologies in modern library systems, they are able to provide smart services to users, thus becoming smart libraries.…”

“…To summarise, the fundamental factors and key conceptual components of the smart library can be classified into three categories: smart technology (IoT, data mining and AI), smart service (user-centred service) and smart people (user and librarian). Schöpfel (2018) has pointed out that the smart library can be described in four dimensions: smart services, smart people, smart place and smart governance.…”