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, ...

The storage component is three stories tall. There are no external windows. It’s fire and earthquake safe, with human access limited to one set of locked doors. It’s possibly the safest place on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it came to planning the new Charles Library at Temple University, there was a particular problem Joe Lucia, the school’s dean of libraries, had to solve: what to do about the books. See, it turns ...

The subterranean addition to the Regenstein Library in Chicago will house a state-of-the-art automated retrieval system for university's archives within a single volume (60-foot-deep extrusion of a ...

New York, Sept. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Automated Storage & Retrieval System Market By Type, By Function, By End User, By Region, ...

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 ...

Ottawa, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global automated storage and retrieval system market size was valued at USD 9.91 billion in 2024 and is projected to rise from USD 10.65 billion in 2025 ...