WAUKESHA — It's inefficient, slow and keeps breaking down, but the government agency that bought the nearly $200,000 automated book-sorting machine insists taxpayers are getting their money's worth.

The Gail Borden Public Library District of Elgin, Ill. plans to install a $1 million RFID check-in and sorting system for the books, CDs and other materials it loans out to patrons, according to The ...

BENTONVILLE -- The new machine meant to increase efficiency and provide better service for patrons at the public library has a new name to go with it. The library announced via a news release Thursday ...

CARBONDALE — Book requests are about to arrive at Carbondale Public Library faster. Illinois Heartland Library System, the organization that handles interlibrary loan delivery throughout southern and ...

Commonly referred to as 'robots', three cranes move up, down, and across the rows of metal bins to retrieve items that are requested electronically. Covering 8,260 square feet, there are 11,328 bins ...