Smarter Libraries Through Technology Technologies to Improve Management of Physical Resources

摘要

Although it's easy to view libraries as increasingly involved with digital and electronic resources, we cannot neglect the reality that public libraries continue to thrive on providing print materials to their communities. The Pew Research Center's "Book Reading 2016" shows that while the trends for e-book reading are increasing and print decreasing, the rates of change are quite modest. Print continues as the preferred reading format by large margins. The dominance of print likewise can be seen in public libraries. The number of book loans continues to hold strong for most public libraries. Although the patterns are uneven, some have seen the number of book loan transactions increase, or at least hold steady (see pewinternet.org/2016/09/01/book -reading-2016/).