David Daghita at McKinney PL shared these presentations about new tech innovations with me via former #hyperlib student Nick. One covers the implementation of the mobile roaming in the library and the other is on using ROBOTS as book carts! Take a look if you have time.
Thanks for sharing @Michael! The robot book carts are really interesting and I’d love to see them in action and learn about patron response. The sidewalk robots that Amazon and UberEats and other companies use still seem bizarre and unsettling to many, so I wonder how the reception would be to this program. I definitely have mixed feelings, but seems like it’s only a matter of time anyway until more library tasks are automated like this.
@sydneynichols Agree… robots seem to be making some headway in public space. I was in Philadelphia this summer ands a room brought my drink to me at a sushi place.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, @michael. My mother lives in McKinney–Shes’s never mentioned the robots. I just left her a message asking if she’s interacted with them. Can’t wait to get her opinion as a patron.
@kperez So cool! I would be interested in her thoughts!