Information Technology Infrastructures in Libraries and Other Challenges Post-COVID-19

The on-set of the Sars-Cov2 or COVID-19 virus has assembled the research and scientific community of Information Technologists, computer scientists, academicians, scholars, and practitioners like no other crisis. As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the globe, researchers, scientists, and practitioners continued to bring forth their research methodologies, findings, and trends throughout the pandemic.

This book focuses on the use of information technology in the post-pandemic world, specifically concerning libraries. One such topic will be the Internet of things, which has provided platforms such as the Worldometer, enabling people to access data to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. Other topics include smart libraries, big data, medical libraries, artificial intelligence and deep learning. It will explore how these technologies enhance the detection of diseases and the discovery of new drugs. This book will also discuss how libraries are utilizing AI and machine learning post-pandemic.