LiNS: A Library Navigation System Using Sensors and Smartphones

Abstract

This paper presents a library navigation system named LiNS, using a combination of Web, sensor and smartphone technologies. In addition to the function of an ordinary book search system, LiNS provides a library user with the function of finding the route from the current location point in the library to the point where the object the user needs is located. Furthermore, it offers the "See Also" function by which the user can get related and recommended information that may develop a user's new interest.

BookMark: Appropriating existing infrastructure to facilitate scalable indoor navigation

“…Satpathy and Mathew (2006), for instance, created an RFID-based location system which involved proximity sensors on shelves, books and ID cards, and LEDs on shelf edges to indicate the position of the item in question. Buchanan (2010) employed Bluetooth beacons in conjunction with RFID tags in a similar manner, while Watanabe et al (2010)'s LiNS system used various types of location sensors in order to detect the user's proximity to nearby shelves. Finally, Dekel et al (2011) took a slightly different approach, in which book barcodes could be scanned in order to look up further detail or sign out the item, while QR codes were positioned around the library to be scanned for navigation support.…”