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Camden New Journal - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 27 August 2009

Humans better than robots

• A LIBRARY is much more than a building full of books.
It is a meeting place and a resource centre for ideas and dreams.
Replacing staff with machines sounds like a dark plot from a book in the science fiction section. Robots always break down as will these automatic book dispensers. I have never found a machine that had a thoughtful, kind and helpful option, qualities displayed in abundance by Camden library staff.
MARY HANCOCK
Great Russell Street, WC1

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