Presentation
The Augmented Library: Exploring the History and Future of Library Automation
Library History Seminar XIV: Libraries Without Borders
(2021)
Abstract
Like most institutions, libraries have entered a period of digital transformation during which exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing the future of work. But libraries entered the age of autonomous and intelligent technologies over fifty years ago, when automated information processing became integral to established as well as new services. This presentation explores how past discussions of continuity and change shaped the future of the library over the last fifty years. It also points to parallels with present discussions about the anticipated role of AI in libraries.
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 11, 2021
Citation Information
Michael J. Paulus. "The Augmented Library: Exploring the History and Future of Library Automation" Library History Seminar XIV: Libraries Without Borders (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_paulus/75/