Library of Tomorrow Essay Contest Winners

April 30, 2006

Minh Nguyen
3 rd place, Middle School
James S. Deady Middle School

The Perfect Library

My idea of a perfect library of the future would be great for everybody no matter who you are. It would have computers where you type in the title of a book and the book is transported to you by a transporter. The library will have a giant screen television to announce what’s going on inside the library. My library would have more that one floor because it would have so many books and be filled with computers that help you with school and other things school related. The library would have robots that can repair any kind of books and help you with any problem you have. Since the library has more than one floor there is an elevator for students that are disabled. There will be a translator for all the students that can’t speak or understand English. The library would have every kind of books and would have a computer where kids could type in what kind of books they want to read and the library will order those books as soon as possible. The books will be order by what the topic of the book is.

The library will have books which contain holograms that will appear when it is open and show you what the book is about. When you return a book you just need to drop it in a slot and the book is quickly returned to where it came from. The library will have a hover pad, so people that are not tall can reach for things on a high self. The library will have bookplayers in the walls so that you can insert a book in it and put on headphone to listen to the book being read to you. The library would also have books on discs and you can insert it in a virtual movieplayer, which is similar to the bookplayer, but you have to put on special glasses that make the movie feel like reality. The library would also have a room where the librarians can just relax. The library would have a lot of librarians because it’s a big library and there would be a lot of kids that check out books. This library will have comfortable seats for the students to sit at. The library will have self cleaning floors, so kids could bring food and drinks in without needing to clean up the floor. Kids like clean floors better that dirty ones, so the library will also have self automating cleaner to clean up the floors of trash. The library will have security doors, so nobody can steal anything. If someone tries to steal something the doors will quickly close and send a little shock to who ever the thief is. The normal library doesn’t have enough computers, but this library will have more than enough computers for everyone and all of the computers will load things quickly. This is a perfect library because it solves all the problems of a normal library and makes them better. It also makes people want to go to the library to study and check out books. The library also makes disadvantaged people fell normal. That’s why it’s the perfect library.