At the University of Chicago’s new library, 70 students have summer jobs filling a chilly subterranean bunker 50 feet beneath the main reading room. Their mission: Load a million volumes into a ...

There will be a new presence weaving its way among the Longmont Public Library bookshelves before the end of the year, if Jalali Hartman and his cadre of engineers have anything to say about it.

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Only in Silicon Valley will a robot return your library books for you. Residents in downtown Mountain ...

The Eugene Public Library has more than just books on its shelves. In a recent trend — common to all public libraries — patrons have been borrowing everything from cake pans to board games and sewing ...

A little robot at a library in Helsinki went from reviled to beloved, all because it got a new pair of plastic eyes. Addressing the complexity of human-robot interaction was the goal of the designers ...

The Guelph Public Library’s new robot now has a name after a competition that started in February received dozens of suggestions. ‘Beepbot’ was submitted by seven-year-old Kayla and chosen by the ...

Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of of the original article, which had the wrong name of the library representative being quoted. The Longmont Public Library’s newest employee is, admittedly ...

You know that feeling you get when something's become a thing and you had no idea? Well, I felt that way when I discovered that everyone -- apparently -- was saying "delulu." (This, it seems, ...

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