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Originally Posted by issybird
While I understand the frustration in regard to having a bunch of books become available all at once, it seems to me that once you allow for "time-shifting" that you start encouraging what I'll call "front-loading," adding anything and everything to your holds list without regard to when you'll actually have time to read them. This would tend to made waitlists longer for those not so quick off the mark. I think there's less of an argument for time-shifting now that you can manage your holds list; if all of a sudden you're next in line for several books you can suspend some holds. It doesn't mean you can't be blindsided as others suspend holds making your turn sooner than expected, but it helps.
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The actually doubled the hold limit at our online library. Both checkouts and holds were doubled to 10. I have nothing checked out for a month, then I get a book or two every other day.