I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised to see a pair of robots when I walked into my local public library. The two robots—named Nancy and Vincent—look much like robots you'd see in the ...

A Connecticut library has acquired two fully-automated, walking, talking robots to provide independent assistance to its patrons. The robots, set to begin their duties at the Westport, Conn., library ...

An Orion Star robot sits waiting for patrons to interact with it, Wednesday at John & Judy Gay Library in McKinney. Last week the Library introduced Orion Star robots to the public to lead patrons ...

If books are dying a slow death, libraries are also living on borrowed time. But that didn't stop the University of Chicago from sinking $81 million into the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which ...

Since 2012, more than 4,000 children have gathered at 134 Los Angeles libraries for maker workshops sponsored by LA Makerspace. We stopped by to see one in action. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

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 ...

Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Everyone wants kids ...

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 ...

Behind every good idea for a drug to fight COVID-19, there’s often a good library of chemicals. At Yale, that library is at the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery (YCMD) — home to collections of ...