My future accounting software will scan invoices and bills, automatically update my general ledger, print out checks and send reminder emails to overdue customers without a bookkeeper doing data entry.
From an expectant mother's first scan in an NHS hospital at about 12 weeks, future parents will get texts and emails linking to information films and advice directly relating to the development of their child at that point.
Even while the library represents an enormous investment in careful archiving of print books, it also includes a nod to the paperless future: a well-outfitted preservation and digitization laboratory that librarians will use to scan in books, maps, manuscripts and photographs.