On September 12, the 2024 China Library Annual Conference, a cultural event that gathers wisdom and strength, successfully concluded in Yichang. This annual conference takes "New Journey, New Mission: The Power of Libraries in Promoting the Construction of Modern Chinese Civilization of the Chinese Nation" as its theme. It not only showcases the new responsibilities and actions of libraries in the context of the new era, but also emphasizes that libraries, as an important position for cultural inheritance and innovation, play a crucial role in promoting national reading, improving national quality, and building a harmonious society.
During the conference, more than 3,000 colleagues and representatives from all over the country and even overseas gathered together to share the latest achievements of library development through rich forum exchanges, academic discussions and exhibition activities, and discussed new models and new technologies of library services in the future, which injected new vitality into the prosperity and development of library undertakings in our country.
By the name of "AI", initiate a new era of smart libraries
As a leading solution provider in the library industry, Seaever brought its latest cutting-edge technology products such as AI vision, AI artificial intelligence, library software management platform, RFID & localization, and library sorting and retrieval system to the exhibition, showing the industry the new direction of the future intelligent transformation of libraries.
At this exhibition, Seaever(Haiheng Intelligent) showcased a complete management solution for inventory positioning systems and space service systems based on AI vision technology. Through three solutions: spherical cameras, visual inventory robots, and handheld inventory, it can achieve coded and OCR uncoded recognition methods, comprehensively addressing the pain points and efficiency issues of library book inventory.
The camera holder of the newly designed visual inventory robot can be adjusted up and down, and the angle and height of the camera can be adjusted according to the height of the bookshelf to ensure that the information of each book can be read and recorded accurately. The bottom camera can ensure that the books with the lowest layer and the cover facing up can also be accurately identified. All-round visual coverage ability improves the integrity and precision of the inventory.
At the same time, AI artificial intelligence products from Seaever also shone brightly at the exhibition, and the holographic cabin digital librarian and AI celebrity interactive screen attracted many audiences to interact. Through natural language processing, library language model and other applications, it provided readers with more personalized and accurate information recommendation services.
Automatic Sortation
Another highlight of this booth is the scene display of the dual integration of the rail trolley for reading and sorting. Through the automated transmission scheme, the trolley can transport the books returned by readers to various floors of the library, and can also transport the borrowed books to the designated location of the reader through the connection with the robot. Allowing readers to enjoy a smoother borrowing experience, thus reducing the workload of library staff.
Seaever library software management platform, including the Internet of Things management platform, Lib AI library management cloud platform (LSP), and virtual library system, was also unveiled at this exhibition. The platform integrates advanced cloud technology and big data analytics capabilities, which not only supports multi-end point access, but also helps libraries achieve optimal resource allocation and improve library operation and management efficiency. RFID series products fully realize the localized hardware environment, ensuring information security and controllability, but also providing libraries with more flexible choice space.
AI large - scale model
At the same time, Seaever(Haiheng Intelligent), as a co-organizer, participated in the sub-venue 5 "Smart Library 2.0: Big Model Empowers Future Library New Platform" of the 2024 China Library Annual Conference jointly sponsored by Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology Information) and Shanghai Library Society. This seminar invited well-known experts, scholars and industry elites at home and abroad to discuss how to use large-scale data models (big models) to promote the intelligent upgrade of library services and build a future-oriented smart library ecosystem.
Fang Yang, Director of AI Products at Seaever, shared a case at the meeting, and led the audience to explore in depth how AIGC (Generative Artificial Intelligence Content) can revolutionize the operation model and reader service of traditional libraries. He proposed that libraries are not only a symbol of equal access to knowledge, but also should shoulder the mission of promoting "inclusive AI" in the AI era - so that all readers, regardless of technical level, can enjoy the convenience and innovative experience brought by AI.
In addition, he also shared the "Smart Reading Promotion and Creation Platform" jointly created with Shanghai Library. This platform empowers ordinary librarians to produce high-quality reading promotion videos. Even teachers without computer professional backgrounds can easily complete the creation of reading and pushing content through AI tools, injecting strong momentum into the library's digital innovation.
