Library Management with CAIRS‐LMS

CAIRS‐LMS is the library management system produced by Leatherhead Food Research Association. It was written up in VINE in detail in the first issue of 1989 (number 74, August 1989). Since then the number of CAIRS‐LMS customers has risen from 70 to 95 and major enhancements to the system have been undertaken or planned. Release +5 is the latest version of the software, currently in the process of being shipped to existing customers. It incorporates facilities such as a new OPAC, simpler print options and menus which link to security levels. Designed initially to be used by LFRA's own library, CAIRS‐LMS has not surprisingly proved to be particularly popular with special libraries. However, it is now beginning to take off in other areas with, for example, several college libraries taking the software on board. Reflecting this, LFRA has incorporated features into the system to meet the needs of such libraries, such as facilities for high volume loans.