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Originally Posted by Catlady
My home library allows 50 checkouts and 50 holds for Overdrive. And another 50/50 at Axis360.
I tend to put anything of even marginal interest on hold when there are new additions; I eventually cancel many of those holds, either because I change my mind or because I get them from another library with a shorter wait list.
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Maybe this is what libraries with smaller hold numbers are trying to avoid? Since I get only 6 holds, if the library gets in a popular new book that instantly racks up a huge number of holds I don't put it on hold at that point. If I wait a few months the number of holds will shrink, and in the meantime I can use the holds for something else that has a shorter waiting list.
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger
That's the exact opposite in my house growing up. My brother and I each had our own library card and we'd checkout our books on our own card. I'm not sure my parents ever had library cards, they never seemed to read anything other than the newspaper. But I remember how nice it felt to have my own library card and not be dependent on anyone else to get books for me.
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I was thinking of families with very young children - toddler to early elementary - who wouldn't have their own cards yet. I wonder what age libraries start giving out cards these days. I think I was able to get my own library card when I was around 10. Before that my mother would check out books for the whole family on her card. Of course that was long before the Internet even existed, and I didn't have access to the library unless someone drove me.