Lamont Library is considering a new plan of roped-off waiting lines to case excessive crowding at desk three during rush hours. The plan will be used primarily on Saturday mornings, Phillip J. McNiff, head librarian of Lamont, announced yesterday.

"The new plan," McNiff said, "should alleviate the present Saturday noon 'bargain basement' crowding. As the situation stands now," he added, "a person standing in line over a half hour can lose his place in the shuffling of cards to a student who has just entered the library."

McNiff said the plan will only be used if the students want it. "The library staff," he said, "is very anxious to have the students tell them how they feel about the new plan."

McNiff also announced that fines collected during the first semester totaled between $1600 and $1800. This money is spent entirely on duplicate copies of books assigned by undergraduate and graduate courses.

New Fines System

In order to improve the current fines system, the library plans to charge fines on a 25 cents a half hour basis and to charge one dollar a day for each additional day a book is over-due. The library expects to put this plan into effect on a trial basis shortly after spring vacation. It has been studied and endorsed by a committee of the Student Council.