Virtual Shelf Browsing is Awesome

The "New Library" [source]

Macquarie University recently opened the technologically minded "New Library". While a lot of the changes have been impractical (books stored in a basement and retrieved by a robot, designer seats that have no functionality, NOISE!!!) there has been at least one good development.

You can now virtually browse the shelves. This is a great for doing research and coming across books that you may never have known existed without going into the library. If you already have this technology, I remind you that Australia is very far away from the rest of the world. We are a simple people easily impressed.

You may even discover that a fellow bibliobloggers book has finally been acquired by the library.

How does one read/write on this table/chair combination?