So when the new Champaign Public Library opened in 2008 with a new self-checkout system, I was dubious but willing to give it a try. Somehow I managed to set off the security alarm almost every time.

Contactless self-checkout options are now available in Morris Library, the Physics Library in Sharp Lab and the Chemistry Library in Brown Lab, making it faster and easier to borrow books. University ...

Stores also incur higher losses and more shoplifting at self-checkouts than at traditional checkout lanes with human cashiers. Despite the headaches, self-checkout is growing.

Walmart is testing an all-self-checkout Supercenter in Plano at one of its biggest local stores and one where growing families can easily pile high a grocery cart. It’s calling the process ...

In 2010 the Mount Pleasant Regional Library acquired RFID (radio-frequency identification) and self-checkout technology and I am proud to say that I was part of the effort of making our collection ...

The library has introduced a self-checkout station to its patrons. Similar to the systems seen in local supermarkets, the computer has a laser scanner attached that reads the bar codes on the user ...

Goodnow Library of Sudbury is turning up the volume on high tech with self-checkout, which it expects to debut in mid-August.

Retailers in Europe, like Booths supermarkets, and the United States, like Walmart, are pulling back on having self-checkout in light of complaints and shoplifting.

Patrons can obtain books through a new self checkout system installed by the library recently. It is the first public library in the northwest suburbs to have such a system, according to library ...

New research suggests self-checkout may decrease customer loyalty to stores, despite its speed and cost benefits.

Library patrons will now just have to scan either a library card or photo ID before placing their items onto a self-checkout pad to check out books, DVDs or audio books after the Cedar City ...

Stores also incur higher losses and more shoplifting at self-checkouts than at traditional checkout lanes with human cashiers. Despite the headaches, self-checkout is growing.