Abstract
From Jorge Luis Borges’ Library of Babel, a space of endless, adjacent hexagonals in which the mathematical and philosophical infinite monkey theorem is realized in the randomly composed, infinite collection of books, to libraries as they have been constructed in the virtual reality of Second Life, to the sky-high undulating bookshelves of China’s Tianjin Binhai Library, the composition and appearance of the space can eclipse the importance of the books contained within. Libraries have been keen to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) for its ability to support the services they offer. How libraries leverage AI to create and use space imaginatively is an area ripe for exploration.
Presenters
Beth EvansAssociate Professor, Library, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—Images and Imaginaries from Artificial Intelligence
KEYWORDS
LIBRARIES, VIRTUAL REALITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, IMAGINED LIBRARIES, BORGAS, SECOND LIFE
