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In 2010, Miller Nichols Library became the 18th academic library in North America to install an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and the first in the region. Nicknamed, the Robot, it holds about 80 percent of the library’s collection, freeing up space in the library for student, researcher, and community use. The retrieval system contains items that receive occasional or little use, but need to be kept easily accessible. Because the retrieval system has space for more than 15 years of growth, the library collection will have space to grow with the most current and heavily used items on the open shelves, and a valuable retrospective collection retained onsite.
In 2010, Miller Nichols Library became the 18th academic library in North America to install an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and the first in the region. Nicknamed, the Robot, it holds about 80 percent of the library’s collection, freeing up space in the library for student, researcher, and community use. The retrieval system contains items that receive occasional or little use, but need to be kept easily accessible. Because the retrieval system has space for more than 15 years of growth, the library collection will have space to grow with the most current and heavily used items on the open shelves, and a valuable retrospective collection retained onsite.
