I have to check my holds list frequently. Last Friday I noticed that a book was available (finally) from my local library and they had sent me an email that morning. When I checked (new mail, old mail, spam mail) I didn't see it, but went ahead and downloaded the book anyway. Then, yesterday afternoon I finally got the email (3 days had gone by) and this particular library has a hold time limit of 48 hrs.
The library says they emailed me Friday morning and my ISP says the email wasn't sent until yesterday afternoon (and has a date/time stamp).
Had I not been checking my holds at that library, I'd have missed the book - so now I make it a habit to check my holds lists at each library at least once daily.
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