Do-it-yourself checkout kiosks come to Palm Beach County library
February 16, 2009
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:Palm Beach and Broward counties are redoubling efforts to install self-service checkout machines in their libraries. In Palm Beach County, 11 of the kiosks have already been installed, and there are plans to add another 20 by next year, said assistant library director Sharon Hill.
"We are not replacing staff with self-check machines, we are changing our staffing models," she said. "We've cut back on the number of new positions because of self-checks. They have given us the luxury of not having to find and pay for more people."