Paper Details

Name: Gurpreet Singh Sohal
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Volume-12, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 17-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16634127

ABSTRACT
Modern libraries are being redefined more and more as locations to have unlimited access to
knowledge from a variety of sources and in a variety of formats. By offering literature that
can be accessed virtually and helping librarians navigate and analyze vast amounts of data
using a range of digital resources, they are expanding their services beyond the physical
boundaries of a building. Libraries are evolving into community centers where people can
participate in lifelong learning. Here, the concept of a smart library evolved, where resources
can be accessed easily and with less staff intervention. Smart Library provides state of the art
automated infrastructure and sophisticated technologies like automatic gates, lighting, selfservice kiosks, mobile library services on the smart phone or handheld devices, offer limitless
digital collection via the Internet, provides e-learning facilities & learning spaces; and uses
the social media platforms to share information about its collection and service. So the Smart
libraries will revolutionize library operations and services. In this paper, we will discuss
various concepts, needs, components and services provided by Smart Libraries.
Keywords: Smart Library, Technology, services, infrastructure, mobile library services