There's a window next to the book drop in the entrance of the Cedar Rapids Public Library at the Westdale Mall so passers-by can look in and watch workers check-in books as they are returned. Starting ...

The Automated Storage and Retrieval System, tucked underground on the east side of the Oviatt Library, is a man-made archivist with six electronically-operated limbs that help locate aged, used and ...

When Jacob Grussing, director of Scott County Library (SCL) in Shakopee, Minnesota, spoke to the local paper about SCL’s investigation into self-serve library services, he wasn’t exactly prepared for ...

Fred D. White tries to make the case that automated retrieval systems devalue books and reduce scholars’ ability to perform research (“Libraries Lost: Storage Bins and Robotic Arms,” Libraries, ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Finding a book you need in a library can feel like a needle in a haystack sometimes. But at UCF, hundreds of thousands of books can now be found in a matter of minutes through ...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Public Library recently added a feature called Mobile PAC to Polaris, its automated library system. Mobile PAC is a Web-based public access library catalog that has been ...

Plateau State University Bokkos, has conducted an in-house training for its library staff in preparation for the automation of the university’s library, facilitated by the Tertiary Education Trust ...