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I have no hard numbers to support this, but it seems to me that overall I'm seeing more copies of a given title available, but the waitlists aren't getting any shorter, which would indicate more interest in the digital collections in general. I have several libraries that I watch, I have accounts at Seattle and Philadelphia, and access to a couple of others through friends, and I'm seeing this trend at all of them, except maybe Philadelphia - I haven't noticed much of an increase in numbers of a single title there, but I've only had my card there for a few months. Most of the titles I want I have to wait for, but the wait is generally anywhere from a few days to a few weeks - nothing out of line as far as I'm concerned. Just about all I check out is popular fiction, and I've never found a novel that I couldn't wait a few weeks to read!
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