ABSTRACT
The paper accentuates the extent to which various challenges to smart libraries affect smart library readiness dynamics in developing countries. By employing a combination of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 13 public officials at the Regency of Bojonegoro, Indonesia, and documentation analysis, this study ascertains the dynamics of smart library readiness using the case of Indonesia. The findings contribute to the discussion of the smart library by accentuating the sequence of the four domains of the smart library. Our findings indicate the dynamics of the four domains of a smart library in the developing country. Furthermore, our study identified six challenges affecting the dynamics of smart library adoption in Indonesia. These six challenges are costly ICTs investment, limitation in ICTs capabilities and skills, budgeting system, policy, regulation, and politics, leadership, and awareness of the importance of data and data management.
