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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 > > > > > > > > -- > > @byshieldmaiden | http://exitpursuedbyabear.net > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > “There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" > "The mood will pass, sir.” - P.G. Wodehouse > -- Kimberly Silk, MLS Special Projects Officer, IDSE, Canadian Research Knowledge Network Principal, BrightSail Research & Consulting <http://t.sidekickopen50.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg2BW0nTW1qwnXs63Bt1-VcVQQM56dN4nf6rhVvj02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fkimberlysilk.com%2Fbrightsail%2F&si=6278943115051008&pi=899ed1c1-9f88-47e8-f85f-f9f37513fed5> & Library Research Network <http://t.sidekickopen50.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg2BW0nTW1qwnXs63Bt1-VcVQQM56dN4nf6rhVvj02?t=http%3A%2F%2Flibraryresearchnetwork.org%2F&si=6278943115051008&pi=899ed1c1-9f88-47e8-f85f-f9f37513fed5> Chapter Cabinet Chair, SLA M: (416) 721-8955 [log in to unmask] LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/kimberlysilk/ Twitter: @kimberlysilk "I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them." --- Michael Moore, film maker