Circulation in year 2020 using RFID Technology

I was very much inspired by a film I saw at one of the Retail Industry Technology seminar which I attended few weeks back. It was about the future of retail and the kind of technologies we are going to encounter in future. Based on that film I was inspired to think about a Library in year 2020 and the kind of circulation system that we might see . So it is an "Anu Malik" kind of an effort , inspired from somewhere (but I strongly believe Nasurat Fateh Ali Khan became more popular in masses only when Anu Malik Copied him :) )

Anyway ...

Year : 2020
Place : A University Library In India , Mind well India is the largest Economy in the world in 2020 and a Rich country).

You walk towards the Library , the main Library door opens automatically reading the RFID Card which is in your pocket. You move towards the Cart Section and many carts are parked similar to an airport but they are locked. You insert your RFID Card into the cart and it unlocks , and a message with Voice over appears "Welcome to ABC Library Mr. XYZ , I hope you did not get drenched on the way (Courtesy Google Weather) " .

The card will have a return book compartment , where you will return your books and this will be cleared when you leave your cart back.

"Here is the list of books/Cds you have reserved over last week " And a list of books & Cds will flash with cover titles etc on a small screen on your cart. You clean the list and keep only the books you really need and proceed to delivery section. Note the archival stack is in the basement and every book is keep on a kind of cradle which will activate with a relay based mechanized system , which is controlled through the main computer. So it really does not matter where exactly you store the book. No Shelf Numbers"

You click on "Gather" button and the list from your cart is transferred to main computer through blue tooth (come on how can you still use that old technology ?) , may be on Nirvana - the ultimate communication protocol . The main computer will operate the relays to release the specific cradle and those books will move on a conveyor and will fall into a bin meant for you. Once all the books & Cds are gathered , the bin will come in front of you , you put it it in your cart and it is issued to you.

Now you want to browse what is new . In the meantime the main computer has analyzed "what others are reading who had borrowed your books recently" and will display those books on the screen on your cart. The cart will also show you a map and a 3D view and with a GPS based navigation will point you to the exact place where these books are. BTW GPS accuracy will be in millimeters by then.

There will be various vending machines which you will be operating using your RFID and the charges will be charged to you card.

The reading section will be have "Talking zones" similar to "Smoking zones" which will be sound proof for others , because by that time Library Science will be grossly induced with Knowledge management and "Knowledge transfer through Socializing" will become main function of your library.

So you will grab your coffee , collect your books and while walking away store your cart to get back your RFID card !

Now interesting part is you can do almost 99 % of it "Today" , yes visit a site called "Second life" . So rather than going to the library probably you would visit a Library in "Second life" and whatever you select there will be couriered to you to your home ! Looks like 2008 is very near to 2020.