Exploration on the Present Situation and the Way Forward for Chinese and American Smart Libraries

Abstract

Smart technology and smart services based on Internet, big data and cloud computing have penetrated into every corner of social life. As an essential part of smart library, library smart service has also been widely concerned and practiced. Library smart service can be understood as omni-directional perception, information interconnection and smart management, which is the symbol of the transformation of the library from the traditional literature service mode to the smart service mode. In this context, this work first discussed the basic characteristics of the smart library, then analyzed the advanced nature of the United States in the development of the smart library, and then put forward the way forward for the development of the smart library in China.