Robo-Librarian choking on a flood of returned books

Bob Cox sent over This Short Piece on a new $2.2 million book sorting machine choking on a flood of returned books after a three-week closure for the move to the new library in Oregon.

The Tech Logic system will process and sort 350 books an hour, doing the work of seven full time staff and reducing damage to books and staff injuries from repeatedly lifting heavy books, library staff say. With saved labor costs estimated at $350,000 a year, the system will pay for itself in less than five years, library staff told the City Council.

January 22, 2003 by Books Librarians Libraries

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