Article in Library Progress (International) · January 2020 doi: 10. 5958/2320-317X

Smart Library: Need of 21
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Library Progress (International)/ Vol.40 No.1/ January-June 2020
 
Figure 2: DTU Library Denmark 
 
Water Conservation: 
It was observed that water table has reduced drastically during the last decade which that effect most 
of the countries across the world are water stressed like India also. IGBC have used certain norms to 
encourages use of water in a self-sustainable by reduce, recycle and reuse water strategies
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market there have so many ways by which any smart architecture can conserve water. Proper site 
selection is a one of the most important criteria if properly selected, strategies can be used to capture 
rainwater runoff to be used in irrigation, extra water tanks can be maintains for rainwater harvesting 
and other thinks also
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. If we talking about smart water conservation we can used smart automated 
water taps, water tanks alarms, waterless urinals facility and smart recycle toilet water system etc.
Smart Security Assistance: 
With smart architecture it is a fundamental need to secure their premise. Security of any institution or 
corporations and big business plays a very impotent role and its starts with the physical layout of the 
construction but also optimizes technological services. It includes monitoring of employees, networks 
and visitors. Fast internet, voice communication, digital signage, and visitor management should be 
integrated into the initial design of the architecture
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. Security assistance is a wide area it’s quite 
difficult to cover all security assistance for smart architecture but some of the major we highlighted 
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Smart Parking security management system, with IoT base( if require) 
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Smart RFID cards/Biometrics security entrance /exit terminals. 
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Network security fire walls. 
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Monitoring security system like CCTV 
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Fire extinguisher/ fire security exit during emergency. 
Open Layout: 
Open layout, this gives an opportunities to the group by which they can plan a new sets of ideas on 
how to best optimize the library space. If the initiative of the open layout and flexibility in theirs 
design and structure they allows their employees to suggest rather than the stick area to work. It’s 
also gives an opportunity to the employees to best use of the space of their work according to the 
need of the organization
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. If we implement the idea of open layout than there have no reasons to 
confine the library services to specific areas which giving as much freedom of the layout to the 
employees and their client.