CONCORD, Calif. - Everyone's familiar with self-checkout at the grocery store, self-service at gas stations and ATMs, and now, self-service is entering the picture at the Concord Library. Library ...

Self-checkout lanes at grocery stores and retail outlets are sometimes a controversial topic. Shoppers either love the convenience or hate that they have to do the work they feel an employee should be ...

Special to the Herald - In a continuing effort to automate library functions, the Chippewa Falls Public Library staff is hoping to partially computerize one of the things we do most often: check out ...

The Freedom to Read procedures apply to school libraries as well as public libraries, drawing objections from GOP senators. Legislation introduced by Senate President Valarie Lawson would limit ...

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...