元宇宙,让图书馆更智慧

Metaverse: Making Libraries More Intelligent

近两年来,图书馆界掀起了元宇宙研究与应用热潮。图书馆之所以拥抱元宇宙,不仅与这门职业特有的信息与数据管理技能有关,而且与将交流置于重要位置的核心价值有关。如今不少图书馆和相关研发机构已经在图书馆元宇宙应用领域积极作为并谋篇布局,期待元宇宙能为图书馆事业的创新驱动和转型发展打开一片新的天地。本文从一线工作的图书馆员的角度出发,对元宇宙与图书馆之间的关系及其对事业发展的影响做一些探索。并从我们为什么需要元宇宙?元宇宙技术将给图书馆带来什么好处?以及摆在我们面前的新课题三个方面展开。在新一轮的发展中,应在三个方面下功夫。第一,着力推进业态重塑,努力形成线上线下一体化、在线在场相结合的知识服务新业态的基本架构;第二,着力发挥职业优势,将图书馆特有的关联技术应用于数据与数据、人与人,以及数据与人之间的互动之中,并促使其增值;第三,着力事业发展转型,以元宇宙技术为突破口,加速培育并创新适应新技术环境的管理体系与服务方式,并有力推进智慧图书馆建设。

In the past two years, there has been an upsurge in the research and application of the metaverse in libraries. The reason why libraries embrace the metaverse is not only related to the unique information and data management skills of this profession, but also to the core value of placing communication in an important position. Nowadays, many libraries and relevant R&D institutions have actively worked in the application field of the library’s metaverse and are looking forward to opening a new world for the innovation-driven and transformation development of libraries. From the perspective of the front-line librarians, the author explores the relationship between the metaverse and libraries,and its impact on the development of libraries. The author addresses three issues: Why do we need the metaverse? What benefits will the metaverse technology bring to libraries? And what new topics are we facing? The author points out that, in the new round of development, efforts should be made in three aspects. Firstly, we should focus on promoting the Service remodeling, and striving to form the basic structure of the new business model of knowledge service that integrates online and offline, online and on-site. Secondly, we should give full play to our professional advantages, apply the library’s unique related technologies to the interaction between data and data, people and people, data and people, and promote their added value. Thirdly, we should focus on library development and transformation, take the Metaverse technology as a breakthrough, accelerate the cultivation and innovation of management systems and service methods that adapt to the new technological environment, and vigorously promote the construction of smart library.