Students have taken to self service at Aungier Street Library like the proverbial ducks to water. Statistics for January 2011 show that, of the 5,239 items checked out during that month, 3,581 of them were through the self service machines. This works out at 67.2% of total checkouts. Average use of non-RFID self service machines in other libraries is approximately 35% so this is definitely a success story. A very well done to all involved and particulary to Fiachra Mangan as manager of the self service project and to library staff for promoting the service and teaching users how to do it for themselves!