Disclosed herein is a system for handling scheduled lending and self-returning of articles to which RFID tags are attached. The system includes a body. The body includes, on a front surface thereof, a display for displaying a method of using the system, handling processes, and processing results, a speaker, a receipt issuing unit, a manipulational information input unit, an external antenna for transmitting/receiving information to/from the RFID tags, and a plurality of article depositories having respective internal antennas for transmitting/receiving information to/from the RFID tags. The body includes, on the inside thereof, a reader for reading the information recorded in the RFID tags through the external antenna and the internal antennas, and a controller for comparing information, transmitted/received to/from the reader, with stored article management information, checking validity of deposit, lending, and returning of the articles, and operating locking units of the article depositories, the display, the speaker, and the receipt issuing unit.