University of Lincoln sets up literary vending machines to promote campus reading

Put in change, click on the item you want, and after a few seconds, you can take out the dropped goods from the machine. This is a simple operation method for general vending machines. But what is special is that what fell out of the machine this time was not snacks nor drinks, but 'literature'. The University of Lincoln introduced two 'Literary Vending Machines' (Literary Vending Machine), and recently started trial operation for free. According to the statistics provided by the school, this machine has been used more than 1,300 times and received warm response from students. . Modern people live a busy and fast paced life, and the number of people willing to spend time borrowing, looking for books, and reading literary works is decreasing. In view of this, the French publishing house Short Édition has developed a literature vending machine, hoping to increase the public's contact with literature in a convenient and lightweight way. The operation method of this vending machine is very simple. Just touch the button and select the length of the literary works you want to read (differentiated by time, which are works that can be read within one, three, and five minutes), and the machine will read from the database Randomly select one of the 100,000 works and print the text on environmentally friendly paper about the size of the receipt by thermal transfer. The whole process takes less than one minute. Lincoln University is the first university in the UK to introduce this machine. It hopes to integrate 'literature' into the daily lives of teachers and students through the vending machine, which breaks the traditional form of book rental and trading. In order to continue the value of each piece of literary paper, the school has also set up a short story zone (Short Story Zone) around the machine, where teachers and students can not only keep the works they have read in their hands, but also appreciate other people. The little notes left make every literary work be seen by more people. The school has set up a 'short story area' next to the machine for teachers and students to stay here for personal appreciation after reading the literary works they have obtained. This technology has become a topic of heated discussion among students. In addition to the fresh ways to use it, the rich types of writers and types of works also attract students. For example, Charles. Dickens (Charles Dickens), Louis. The works of well-known authors such as Lewis Carroll are also included in the database, and users only need to press a button to have the opportunity to read their works. Student Lucy. Carter (Lucy Carter) mentioned that he was attracted by the 'randomness' of literary vending machines. 'This design allows me to read many things that I have never touched in the past. I am also looking forward to seeing the creations of different types of authors. 'In addition, because the method of obtaining literature through the machine does not have to be the same as borrowing books in the library, it is necessary to pay attention to the timeliness, making it easier and more casual when reading literature. However, some people hold different opinions, like the student Eden. Eden Mercer (Eden Mercer) said that although such a machine is novel, it is also a waste of paper. “Maybe you can consider using e-mail to send articles to everyone’s mobile phones.” Student Charlotte. Smith (Charlotte Smith) pointed out that in fact, the utilization rate of literary vending machines on campus is not high, so it can't effectively increase the reading volume. 'I thought it was cool at first, but then I realized that it is actually not practical.' The school also responded to the future planning of the literary vending machine. Ian, Director of the Student Learning Development Group at Lincoln University. Snowley (Ian Snowley) explained: 'We are currently planning to allow teachers and students to submit works. We hope that faculty and students can become published authors by submitting their works, and then get a sense of accomplishment.' And Lincoln University Senior Public relations and internal correspondent Sophie. Belcher (Sophie Belcher) said that Lincoln University will continue to provide free experience for everyone to experience literary vending machines. In the future, if teachers and students are really open to contribute articles, they will also cooperate with the publishing house that makes literary vending machines. Works to the publishing house’s Global Literature Archives, “These selected authors can earn royalties through such channels, so that people who love literature can start from now on and regard literary creation as a job with a chance to practice in the future. 'The above information is shared and reprinted by the vending machine, please mark the previous article: A vending machine is set up in front of a Japanese farm house to sell self-produced vegetables