Several androids in the library are ready to service us in times
of Corona closure.
The librarians continue work from home, and give you limited
control over the robot. It will find the unscanned book, pull it
out from the shelf, page through the book for a short time at
your service scanning
the text and OCRing it (saving it for
further access without the need for accessing it the next time
around).
You pay for the extra time and for a large amount of material.
The human-like robot can also be used for any digitizing
project including one specialized in reading receipts and
invoice docs for certified public accountant offices.
Only authenticated identified users will be authorized to use
the robots. (Which leads to the idea of an ID robot that comes
to your house and can give you authenticated credentials, but
that's for another day)
Not much artificial intelligence is needed since most actions
will be initiated and controlled by the human librarian or
reader.
The reader will have limited access: They can only set the
book that they want to see (and administrator intervention will
occur if any other book is being accessed), scan the shelves
and pull out books for checking their names. Scanning pages of
text will be allowed only for the book that the reader ordered.
Each image will be stamped openly with the user's name and
also with hidden watermarks, so that it cannot be stolen.
A low resolution streaming video of the library experience will
also be supplied to allow navigation in the library, for picking
up artifacts that may cause the robot to stumble, and for
accessing the books from the shelves, tables, and from the
floor if they fell.