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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Take them seriously on the purchase suggestion--that likely means they have a grant or money set aside to buy books! Ask for some books!
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They were serious after all. 2 of the 3 books that I asked for purchase showed up in my holds lost today. It really did take only 1-2 days from recommendation to be available. Hopefully the last book shows up in Monday. That was the least obscure of the recommendations and a best-selling author.
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Originally Posted by library addict
I have found them to be much longer. For example, one book showed it would be available in 108 days. Then I got an email stating it was available a week later.
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In one day I dropped from like 41 days to 31 days wait on a book I put on hold! By logging into my library account (Polaris system) and not the 3M website, I was able to see that I am 6 out of 7 on the hold lists. Too bad they can't show you that within the 3M app.
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
2. This might be less a tip than a warning, but: When you reserve a book, they tell you the number of days until it becomes available. This estimate will be wildly inaccurate. Worse, for a long time, there was no email notification when the book become available, so it was almost impossible to pick up a reserve. One reason I mention this is that the two 3M collections I use started email notifications at different times. There could be a risk that a new collection won't have email configured.
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I got an email notification that the two books I recommended for purchase were available so emails seem to be working!
