University of Virginia Library

Library Benefits

Benefits to the Library staff
will include speedier handling of
books, no maintenance of the
circulation card file, few handwritten
overdue notices and easier
access to all information about
books charged out.

The new system will replace a

procedure which involves filling
out a detailed card for the borrower,
and repetitious filing for
the staff members. The old system,
said librarian Ray Frantz,
was designed for a library of
10,000 volumes or less. "It's fine
for small circulation, but we're
charging out an average of 500
books a day, and sometimes as
many as 1,000.