The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library: How It Works
This a wrong way to ...
This a wrong way to build a library. The original library system is indefinitely much better because it simultaneously shows you the books you want and OTHER BOOKS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR BUT DID NOT ASK! And the original library system simultaneously exposes you to other books that will spark interest in you to be interested in them, thus making you a much well rounded intellectual. This underground robotized library has none of such advantages, creates a tunnel vision, & used to spy you
I see your concern, ...
I see your concern, but remember a big part of the energy used by the cranes is offset by the naturally lit reading room (at least during the daytime) and by the underground storage which is naturally at a cool, optimal temperature for storing books.
interesting, ...
interesting, anyway check this site for students out: aaastudent dot kom
Mava 314 için ...
Mava 314 için geldiyseniz çok geç hacı ben kaptım =p
They can't scan the ...
They can't scan the items into a computer because of copyright law.
Only at UC would ...
Only at UC would they have something so incredible
amazing!
amazing!
wonderful!
wonderful!
university of ...
university of chicago kids don't get drunk
I need something ...
I need something like this to store my things, my house is already full of important things (junk)
nice way to ...
nice way to preserve books. . but a not so nice way in energy consumption. .
I wonder how much ...
I wonder how much energy it consumes, and are the books kept in the same bin all the time or they are randomly assigned once they have retrieved?
Too bad there's not ...
Too bad there's not some sort of global internetwork capable of storing, instantaneously searching hundreds of trillions of books, and displaying their information on glowing screens..... oh. wait... At least drunken college kids will get to ride the cranes.
They should ...
They should institute a random resource function, similar to Wikipedia's random article function.
Helmut Jahn is a ...
Helmut Jahn is a genius...
@dabooblabob I ...
@dabooblabob I didn't say that it would replace browsing the stacks (of course it doesn't), I said that it was either having the books on the site stored underground or having it in off-site storage. I'd imagine that picking up the book five minutes later and realizing it wasn't actually useful would be a lot better than realizing it hours, even a day, later. And like predicto said, the books stored are not "popular." It's just possible that the new books might be more relevant.
You people are ...
You people are idiots. Not all of the library collection is stored down there - just all of the more obscure books that rarely get checked out. The stacks are still full of millions of volumes of browsing material.
@dabooblabob It was ...
@dabooblabob It was either this or create an off-site library that would STILL keep you from flipping through the books on the shelves. The Regenstein (along with other collections) was considered to be over-filled, and technically did not have enough room to efficiently supply new books. So now the books are at least still on campus (though they can also all be "flipped through" online), and students can instead browse new books that will probably be more relevant.
The common ...
The common characteristic between all of the books in Mansueto is that they are all digitally indexed and can be found online. The storage site allows students who want the actual book to still be able to access it while, at the same time, opening up space in a library that was already far over-capacity.
i guess it saves a ...
i guess it saves a bit of time. looks cool. i wonder how much energy it tastes to move those huge cranes around all the time and how much it will cost to keep them running efficiently, and how much it cost to build the underground database.
They should have ...
They should have spent the money scanning all of the books into a computer
I really dont see ...
I really dont see the point of it. I can probably search faster for the book and have it readily available for me to view it for the time it takes for that robot to retrieve it.
They could always ...
They could always setup a virtual shelf.
Y U NO USE ...
Y U NO USE INTERNET?