The latest "Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of the National Cultural Digitalization Strategy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council reveals that the next decade may still be a smart library
The policy dividend period. The Opinion clearly requires that by the end of the 14th Five Year Plan period, cultural digital infrastructure and service platforms should be basically built, forming a cultural service supply system that integrates online and offline interaction and three-dimensional coverage.
In recent years, "smart libraries" have entered a period of rapid development, with a series of modern, digital, and intelligent smart libraries
Frequently built. The competition among software and hardware vendors for smart libraries is becoming increasingly fierce, and the market is booming.
The smart library based on
RFID wireless radio frequency identification technology greatly improves the efficiency of librarians and provides a better borrowing experience for readers. The vigorous development of smart libraries is attributed to the national strategy of building a strong cultural nation through "national reading", and of course, the biggest beneficiaries are ordinary readers. Smart libraries have brought readers and libraries closer in time and space, and readers can even enjoy the "enjoyable reading" experience without leaving their homes.
The Opinion clarifies that by 2035, a national cultural big data system with physical distribution, logical correlation, fast linking, efficient search, comprehensive sharing, and key integration will be established. It is worth paying attention to the words "link" and "share". How can public libraries connect the cultural resource links between provincial, municipal, and county libraries to achieve true "comprehensive cultural sharing"? So
RFID reader/writer
The potential market space for development is enormous, and with the help of policy power, the future is limitless.
The Opinion also proposes 8 key tasks, among which Article 6 points out the need to coordinate the promotion of the national cultural big data system, national smart library system, and public cultural cloud construction, enhance the supply capacity of public cultural digital content, and improve the digitalization level of public cultural services. At present, the penetration rate of smart libraries in China is still low, and the intelligence level of most libraries still needs to be improved. How to balance the relationship between economic benefits and digital upgrading and transformation for city and county level libraries? Is it still a blue ocean for smart libraries in universities? Still to be explored and attempted. Who can find a smooth path in the dividends of the 14th Five Year Plan, whether ten years are long or short? Let's wait and see.
