These are the trends that libraries in US are still studying but are so effectively implemented in Europe.
There are book dispensing machines in all over Stockholm from which a library card holder can borrow books,DVDs,and CDs 24/7. I am waiting for their adaptation here.
This is a comment that was posted after this blog post.
My only surprise is that the
My only surprise is that the Japanese didn’t offer this first.
Library-a-Go-Go in Contra Costa County, California
Libraries in California implemented this technology in May 2008. Contra Costa County Library has 3 installations and Yuba County has one. In Westchester County, New York, there are also plans to install several lending machines. See CCCL information at:
http://ccclib.org/locations/libraryagogo.html