{"id":63620,"date":"2011-11-20T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/library-of-the-future-the-new-uchicago-library-has-a-stunning-design-and-functionality.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:49:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:49:08","slug":"library-of-the-future-the-new-uchicago-library-has-a-stunning-design-and-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/library-of-the-future-the-new-uchicago-library-has-a-stunning-design-and-functionality.php","title":{"rendered":"Library of the future – the new UChicago library has a stunning design and functionality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Chicago’s new Mansueto Library<\/a> is a futuristic bubble of a building that uses an automated retrieval systems that holds the books in steel cases 50 feet below ground.<\/p>

While many academic libraries are digitizing and moving holdings off site, Manseuto is the largest and latest of about 24 libraries that use the system.<\/p>

The $81 million Mansueto library (Mr. Mansueto founded Morningstar stock info service) has capacity for 3.5 million volumes.<\/p>

The Mansueto library is also focused on digitizing its collection and has a lab for both digitization and conservation:<\/p>

- it mends paper and rebinds the university’s books — some of them papyrus
- it also scans books for its partner, Google Books<\/p>

It takes 5 minutes for a student to get a book after the request is placed electronically:<\/p>

- 5 cranes run along parallel tracks; one is activated and locates materials using bar codes<\/p>

- the crane removes one of the 24,000 containers, each weighing up to 200 pounds and transports it to an elevator, which lifts it to a librarian's desk<\/p>

Some students apparently like the new library so much that they record poetic videos of \"Rain in the Mansueto<\/a>\": \"A quick capture of what I think was the first rain storm for the new Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago. My phone's mic really couldn't do justice to the sound, but it was a pretty exciting deep almost-rumble. You also can't capture the immersive fish-bowl-ness of it; it really is all around you. I can't wait for a storm during the day... or a blizzard.\"<\/p>

References:<\/p>

The Bibliotech: Library of the Future, Now<\/a>. NYTimes.<\/p>

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library<\/a><\/p>

Building the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library<\/a> (video)<\/p>

The loss of the centuries-old idea of a library building as the place to go to read and to look for information. Johns Hopkins Medical Library Is Closing Its Doors to Patrons and Moving to Digital Model (http:\/\/goo.gl\/BWjjO<\/a> and http:\/\/goo.gl\/KN55o<\/a>). According to the article, Johns Hopkins will transition the current medical librarians to \"informaticians\" embedded with the clinical teams.

Disclaimer: I am an Allergist\/Immunologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago.<\/p>

Comments from Twitter:<\/p>

@aptronym: Very impressive but what happens if there's a power outage, eh?<\/div>
@BiteTheDust: they provide long ladders?<\/div>
@DrVes: power outage at University of Chicago's Mansueto Library: http:\/\/t.co\/fHbuIf2A<\/a><\/div>
@aptronym: Ha! Two weeks after opening and a power outage meant #nobooksforanyone. I always ponder the effects of outages.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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