The Student Council proposal to allow Lamont Library reserve books to circulate outside the library for three hour periods won the approval of the University Library Committee Tuesday, after a year of consideration.

The new plan will go into effect before Christmas vacation, possibly early next month, according to Thomas F. O'Connell, Acting Director of Lamont Library for this year.

The plan will be run as a trial for six months, and be discontinued if abused.

O'Connell said that he did not expect any trouble with the proposal. He pointed out that the present plan, allowing reserve books to circulate for three hours within the library, has worked extremely well. But he added, "If the students want the new privilege, they will have to cooperate." The books must be returned on time if the system is to work, he emphasized.

The Student Council Library Committee, headed by Thomas E. Petri '62, originally made the proposal to the University Library Committee last year along with five others which were all accepted.

The delay in effecting the plan will be primarily for printing of new reserve cards to identify books which may leave the library. In addition to white cards for regular circulation and pink for reserve, Lamont will use green for reserves leaving during the day.

The fine for overdue books will be 50 cents an hour, two dollars for the first day, and one dollar for every day thereafter. The present reserve book plan has the same fines.