New media and storage and classification of books in libraries.
card catalogs existed long ago as narrow drawers one
opened to get location information about specific books in the library.
Now that library indexing is done by computer, very few librarians would long for the card catalogue.
When Melvil Dewey created his iconic classification system
in 1876, libraries had only really begun to emerge as a fixture in
cities. Previous attempts to code location data into library books had
been problematic amid the growing amount of information, so the Dewey
decimal system was a welcome technological advancement in library
science.Libraries
by using RFID
or near-field communications systems, tiny chips inside the spines of
books that communicate with smartphone apps, e-reader tablets or special
book-finding devices available at the front desk can easily trace the
location of a book within the shortest time possible.
Not only would it feel more familiar to students raised on digital tech, but imagine scanning rows of stacks with an augmented reality viewfinder, looking through the screen instead of at the shelves, hunting for a book that lights up when you’ve found it.
Not only would it feel more familiar to students raised on digital tech, but imagine scanning rows of stacks with an augmented reality viewfinder, looking through the screen instead of at the shelves, hunting for a book that lights up when you’ve found it.
librarians
would also use this form of new media technology to reduce time wasted
in looking for books and focus on doing more creative things for their
institutions.
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