New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians - WSJ

My daughter loves to go the library and just browse and get a HUGE stack of books home.  The story talks about an Amazon type method of where products are ordered online and put into lock boxes for pick up, reducing labor costs.  What is missing from this is the experience of just browsing a shelf and finding products.  I find going to a bookstore or a library with a good selection relaxing - for bookstores not to my wallet, unfortunately :-)

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