Virtual Home Library System - - Let every Chinese family having their own libraries

Virtual Home Library (VHL) is an integrated IT system that utilizes virtual reality technology and an IPTV set-top box (STB) to virtually construct a ‘library’ and the relevant reading environment on televisions in people’s home. Unlike the online e-book reading applications, Virtual Home Library can be applied on televisions-the world’s most convenient and most efficient communication tool. Providing extended digital library services, it will be a perfect group reading utility for family readers. The system has been investigated by a joint research team formed by the National Library of China and the Communication University of China, collaborating with a Chinese IPTV equipment manufacturer. This paper presents some preliminary investigations of the VHL system performed by the research team. K eywords: virtual home library, IPTV, virtual reality, digital library 虛擬家庭圖書館 ——讓每個中國家庭都擁有自己的“圖書館” 吳 斌 , 宋 姝 , 曹建香 , 茹 文 1 中國國家圖書館 北京 100081; 中國傳媒大學 北京 100024 摘 要:虛擬家庭圖書館簡稱 VHL (Virtual Home Library),是一個採用虛擬現實技術和 IPTV機頂盒 構建的 IT集成系統。它可通過電視機在讀者家裏構建一個虛擬的“圖書館”和虛擬的讀書氛圍。不同於 網上在線的電子圖書閱覽器,虛擬家庭圖書館可以應用在目前世界上最方便、最普及的傳媒工具—— 電視上,並提供拓展的數字圖書館服務,從而成為可供家庭讀者單獨或群體閱讀的理想設施。國家圖 書館和中國傳媒大學組成的研究團隊,聯合國內的 IPTV廠商,正在對 VHL系統進行前期調研。本文 就是根據該團隊的前期調研結果對 VHL系統做一個總體介紹。 關鍵詞:虛擬家庭圖書館,IPTV,虛擬現實,數字圖書館 中圖分類號: G250.76