Thanks so far everyone for the answers that are coming in!

Right now this is for my own curiosity rather than for research / paper
type thing. I'm just trying to gauge whose doing what/when/how and if there
are websites or short docs with the info, please feel free to send them
along!

_lisa

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Kimberly Silk <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> There are a few public libraries here in Southern Ontario who are using
> sensors to monitor patron movement in their libraries; the intent is to
> understand how patrons are using the library space, whether in-place
> way-finders are effective, etc.
>
> If you want further info, I can put you in touch with the libraries who are
> using them.
>
> Kim
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Habing, Thomas Gerald <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Lisa,
> >
> > A researcher, Jim Hahn, at the UIUC Library has been exploring the use
> the
> > Estimote location beacons, http://estimote.com/, to provide
> > location-based recommendations in our Undergrad Library. His project is
> > briefly described here: http://sif.library.illinois.edu/.
> >
> > Jim also tells me that he is working on a paper on the topic for Library
> > Technology Report, "Internet of Things: Mobile Technology and Location
> > Services in Libraries," scheduled for Volume 53, Number 1 (2017).
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Tom
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Lisa Rabey
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 11:13 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things
> >
> > A month or so ago, I asked on ALA Thing Tank if anyone was using IoT in
> > their libraries, and if so: what, how, when, where; details man, details!
> > Other than someone asking me what the IoT is (
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things), I got crickets.
> >
> > Yesterday Jason Griffey wrote, "How libraries can save the internet of
> > things from the web's centralized fate" (
> > https://boingboing.net/2016/03/28/how-libraries-can-save-the-int.html)
> > and this got me wondering again: Is anyone doing something in library
> land
> > with IoT?
> >
> > Well, are you?
> >
> > _lisa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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