Add to the list of jobs that are apparently too boring for Americans: sorting books. The New York Public Library has installed an enormous machine in a warehouse in Queens to handle the task of redistributing borrowed books among the city’s branches. The New York Times reports that the automation “has eliminated much of the [...]
Innovation in the Public Library
25 Apr 2010 at 10:54
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Add to the list of jobs that are apparently too boring for Americans: sorting books. The New York Public Library has installed an enormous machine in a warehouse in Queens to handle the task of redistributing borrowed books among the city’s branches. The New York Times reports that the automation “has eliminated much of the [...]