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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1974
Wendel C Green, Annandale, VA (US);
Russell E Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Gordon S Light, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Patrick J Sharkitt, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Charles W Webster, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Sigma Systems Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An on-line computerized system useful in automatic document control and inventory systems such as that needed in libraries with a large number of books, records, films, and other items. In the library system disclosed, each borrower and each item within the library is given a unique identification number. The system includes automated Check-In/Check-Out terminals at each branch library which are interfaced to a computer for facilitating patron services and permitting fast, on-line storage and retrieval of data concerning overdue fines, reserve books, expired and delinquent patron cards, and other pertinent information.