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Originally Posted by simplyparticular
Hmmm, I have their e-card and didn't get an email. I signed up when someone posted the details back in the spring.
I think I've checked out 5 books in that time (compared to the 60+ I've checked out from my 2 local/regional libraries). One of the things I liked about Alachua was that they made the effort to purchase ALL of a series. My libraries seem to cherry pick :P
And I can definitely understand local residents being upset if hold times got long. I did just check out a backlist title by a popular author who has a new book out, and didn't see a huge wait on any of her books at Alachua, compared to a huge wait at eNYPL and Buffalo, so I'm not sure they're getting a heavy traffic volume, anyway.
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I'm running into that with the St Louis County Library.
Since I moved, and now qualify for SLCL access, I've made extensive use of it. Today I wanted to check out some Christopher Moore books, and they did not have the first book in the Bloodsucking Fiends series, despite having books 2, 3, and the sorta connected "A Dirty Job". You'd figure, they'd at least have the first book.
As a whole, despite its size, the SLCL doesn't seem to have a long hold list. Longest I've seen for any book was 13 people (for Dance with Dragons at release). Second longest was 5.