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• Automation permits decentralized access to records. A librarian in a branch library can verify the status of an order without maintaining duplicate files, travelling to the order department, or asking other staff to interrupt their work in order to find out. A user can check to see whether a book is out on loan without travelling to the library to see whether it is on the shelf. Considerations of service, of cost, and of the humane use of staff all argue for the use of computers to ease the burden and to increase the effectiveness of handling library records.

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