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grumbles · 08-02-2013, 07:45 PM

I have the use of three libraries. Victoria (B.C.), Ottawa and Toronto. Victoria has 5 loans and 5 holds, Ottawa allows 10 of each and Toronto 15 of each. Victoria shows 8648 fiction titles and 5949 non-fiction. Ottawa shows 10674 and 3320, Toronto 15022 and 10083 respectively. Not all the books that are in the BC collection are necessarily available from a specific library. I just tried to place hold on a Julian Barnes book but its not available to Victoria card holders. Neither Toronto or Ottawa have it.

There is quite a bit of overlap between the libraries but each one has some unique material. Toronto also gives me access to the Safari bookshelf which in turn gives me access to all the O'Reilly books, an invaluable programming reference.

08-02-2013, 07:45 PM	#36
grumbles Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Pandigital Novel (Black), T-2 and 3, Nexus 7	I have the use of three libraries. Victoria (B.C.), Ottawa and Toronto. Victoria has 5 loans and 5 holds, Ottawa allows 10 of each and Toronto 15 of each. Victoria shows 8648 fiction titles and 5949 non-fiction. Ottawa shows 10674 and 3320, Toronto 15022 and 10083 respectively. Not all the books that are in the BC collection are necessarily available from a specific library. I just tried to place hold on a Julian Barnes book but its not available to Victoria card holders. Neither Toronto or Ottawa have it. There is quite a bit of overlap between the libraries but each one has some unique material. Toronto also gives me access to the Safari bookshelf which in turn gives me access to all the O'Reilly books, an invaluable programming reference.