METHODS OF RECORDING LOANS Available to Purchase

My talk about methods of recording loans is going to be limited to those used in special libraries, although the purpose for which a loan record is made is the same in both public and special libraries. Basically the librarian wants to know (1) what items are out on loan, (2) to whom these items have been lent and (3) what date they should be returned. A public librarian is eager to find a system which, whilst giving these essentials, cuts down to a minimum the time spent by a borrower in waiting for his ticket. Thus various systems have been introduced, the Westminster Token System, photocharging, and audiocharging, as variants on the more usual Browne system.