**4.1 Element 1: benefits**

The advantages that libraries can obtain from employing seat occupancy and reservation systems are tied to this element. Time and energy saving, real-time occupancy status, real time seat reservation, increased flexibility, simple and easy to use are some of the advantages it offers to library users [3, 9–53]. Additionally, it provides library staff with advantages such as strategic decision making, develop efficient and effective environment, extracting reports and reducing manual effort (see **Table 4**) [3, 9].
