Tik-Tok of Oz, L. Frank Baum, Illustrated by John R. Neill, 1914
Daily Thoughts 08/19/2018
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.
I read some more of
Social Value Investing. I am learning about different kinds of investments which philanthropic organizations can create. These range from grants to no interest loans to mission based investments.
I also read a little bit of
Meditation Is Not What You Think. Jon Kabat Zinn created the concept of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.
I read a novelette called
A Separate War by Joe Haldeman which is part of the
Forever War series.
I checked the purchase alerts tonight.
Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Libraries.
I have compiled the various articles I have read on automation specifically focused on robotics and artificial in libraries. There is a tremendous amount happening right now. These changes are not in the future. They are spread out and occurring in the present. They just have not reached most places yet. These are my opinions and not necessarily facts. I am not approaching this from a scholarly viewpoint.
While we cannot predict what will happen, we can pay attention to what is already happening.
My impression is that very soon there will be reductions in workforce size as people are replaced with technology.
There will be more automation of basic customer
service. This means less people will be
needed at the reference desk and circulation.
There will be greater demands for readers advisory and other services.
AI and Intelligent Communications in Knowledge Management
This will include options for self-checkout of materials
using RFID.
The Mount Vernon Public Library has two self-checkout
machines purchased from Biblioteca. One is next to the adult circulation desk
and one is next to the children's circulation desk.
Increasingly AI will become part of basic library
operations. This will include answering
phones, and improved algorithms in the catalog to find things. It will be part of the librarians job to work
with AI and large amounts of data. Some
librarians will move into the area of big data.
There will be more complex analysis of library
collections. Systems like Bluecloud
Analytics may be integrated with AI.
Reference sources will start to use AI as part of their data
collection and writing of articles.
The Amazing Ways How Wikipedia Uses Artificial Intelligence
A New Home for AI: The Library
Does Artificial Intelligence Signal the End For Corporate
Librarians Q & A
Some of the Functions of a Librarian Including Categorizing
Materials Will Increasingly Require Working with Algorithms.
Deep Learning Neural Network Learns to Judge Books By Their
Cover
Also basic book retrieval will be done by robots with RFID
to locate the material. RFID seems to be an enabler for retrieval by robots and automated vending of library materials. This is not something which I have read about in the profession.
High Tech Couriers Set Efficiency In Motion at National
Library of Australia
Robotic Librarians Hit The Books
Some portions of the collections will be put in vending
machines including physical DVDs and CDs.
These will be tagged with RFID technology. This will allow small vending machines to be
put outside the library in places like train stations.
In 2016-2017, the New York Construction Grant included money
for a DVD vending device for the Mount Vernon Public Library.
RFID-Enabled Vending Machines Brings Automation, Security to
Library Disk Loans
Many standard library jobs will be replaced by robotics. The type of job that is in a library will
change considerably. People will come to
the library for computer access, materials, downloadables, and learning. The library will become more of a "third
place." a mix between a community
center and a tech center with a heavy emphasis on learning. If we want to keep our jobs, we may have to recreate them to better match what communities want.
How Automation Could Impact the Public Workforce
According to this article there is a 99% chance that library
technicians jobs could be fully computerized and a 95% chance that library
assistants, clerks could be fully computerized.
This eliminates rote tasks.
Study Indicates Robots Could Replace 80% of Jobs
Librarian, "One of the 8 Jobs That Won't Exist",
Debunked
There will be a greater focus on human interaction for
librarians as well as communication and customer service.
The important Emotional Labor of Librarians Most People
Never Think About
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