Abstract：Through the looking glassenvisioning new library technologiespandemic response technologiestracking technologies and artificial intelligence Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on tracking technologies and artificial intelligencetwo technologies many of us carry as part of our smartphones every day in the context of the 2020 pandemicDesignmethodologyapproach This column is part of a series using examples and headlines generated by this unique pandemic to explore larger technological trends and to provide a glimpse into the future of these underlying technologiesFindings Looking aheadit is clear that the current pandemic has heightened the value and importance of these technologiesaccelerating existing trends and heightening the importance for information professionals to understand their strengths and weaknessesOriginalityvalue This column will help information professionals have the context they need to understand these technologies as they evolve and enable them to prepare their organizations and communities to effectively usepromote and develop policies to deal with themOnce a technology has been integrated into our livesits impact can feel invisibleregardless of its impactOver timeas the technology continues to improve and changethose evolutions may remain unseenYetextraordinary circumstancessuch as a global pandemiccan provide a new lens for understanding these underlying technologically evolutionary trendsThis is particularly true if the technology interacts with our lives in novel waysReview is related to Retrieval and IndexingThis article mentions how AIs future is related to librariesAmong themit is particularly noticeable that AI is scanning real-time information to find modelsFor exampleAI-driven HealthMap can monitor various data sourcesincluding news reportssocial media and official reportsand key information of extractionorganization and visualizationwhich is very valuable for librariesThis article mainly describes how to track peoples movements through technology to deal with new types of virusesThe technologies mentionedsuch as face recognition and contact with the contacts on mobile phonesinvolveidentificationThis is because these technologies need to identify the interaction between faces or mobile phonesIn additionthe use of mobile phones for tracking and drone also involvesIoTbecause these devices are connected to the Internet and can conduct remote communication