Libraries

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Library as Things

What Things?

• Environment
• Collections
• The Library Itself

Library Environment

• Thermostats light controls & monitoring devices that provide feedback on the environment & how it is being used.

Library inventory

• Track the location of materials in the library
• Scan shelves for missing or mis-shelved items
• Rapid Self-Check Out and Return
• All made possible with RFID

the Library Itself

• Search string or thing?
• Wikipedia as gateway to "thingness"
• Social Media - Check-in, Tagging, Mapping

Library as Source