Beacon Technology for Library Guidance

A scenario of a person entering a massive library for the first time If the person does not know where to search for a book of their interest, they will eventually find themselves stuck at every corner searching for the book of their choice, to add to this, the multitude of books cause an even greater confusion in pinpointing whether the books are even there in the library. The librarian may be able to provide the person with directions but it is still not easy. Unfortunately, most modern libraries have neither the technology to automatically guide the user through the library nor the technology to provide the user with necessary information. This paper is aimed in resolving the aforementioned problem. The concept of Internet of Things brings forward the incorporation of Beacon Technology, which uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), where beacons are used to communicate with user's device to provide a detailed description of the books in the library including the distance from the section where the book is located along with all the books present in a section of the library. This is achieved by the BLE proximity sensing capability of the beacons along with a database linked to the mobile application. Citation: Abishek T. Naidu, Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET); J. Madhu Mohan ,Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET); S. Madhura Murali ,Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET); Aarthi Gopinath ,Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET). "Beacon Technology for Library Guidance." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering : 76 - 81.